3. Informal Contractions

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Autor	American English at State
Área	Comunicación y Lenguaje L 3, Inglés
Tipo de licencia	Estándar de YouTube
Formato	Vídeo
Responsable de curación	Editor
Última actualización	2016/05/02
Localización	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX9cNSisW8s

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0:07	Hello. I'm Sammy
0:08	and this is part two of the connected speech series.
0:13	Connected speech is used when you're speaking quickly and casually
0:17	and it can help your American English sound more natural.
0:22	Today, we'll be discussing informal contractions.
0:27	Can you hear the differences between the formal and casual sentences below?
0:33	Formal
0:35	I'm going to eat cake.
0:37	Casual
0:39	I'm gonna eat cake.
0:42	Do you want to go?
0:45	Do you wanna go?
0:47	I have to do homework.
0:51	I hafta do homework.
0:53	In the following story, pay attention to the underlined words
0:58	and see if you can hear the informal contractions.
1:03	I wanna surprise my sister for her birthday.
1:07	So I've gotta buy her a present.
1:11	I'm gonna hafta go to the mall.
1:15	I coulda gotten her a dog, but she already has a cat.
1:20	I woulda bought her a car, but it's too expensive.
1:25	Instead, I am gonna make her a big birthday cake.
1:30	Phrases like "gonna," "wanna," "hafta" are called informal contractions.
1:36	They are often used in casual spoken American English
1:41	but not in written English.
1:43	They are formed by combining words to shorten them
1:47	from their original form.
1:49	Practicing these can help you sound more natural
1:52	and become better at understanding fast casual speech.
1:57	Here are some examples of informal contractions with "to."
2:03	"Going to" becomes "gonna."
2:06	"want to" "wanna"
2:09	"have to" "hafta"
2:12	"got to" "gotta"
2:14	"ought to" "oughtta"
2:17	There are also examples with modal verbs plus "have."
2:22	such as "should have" becoming "shoulda"
2:28	"would have" "woulda"
2:30	"could have" "coulda"
2:32	"might have" "mighta"
2:36	Let's practice.
2:37	In the following story, try to pronounce the underlined phrases
2:42	using informal contractions.
2:45	Press pause at each page to practice at your own pace.
3:15	I wanna surprise my sister for her birthday, so I've gotta buy her a present.
3:22	I'm gonna hafta go to the mall.
3:25	I coulda gotten her a dog, but she already has a cat.
3:30	I woulda bought her a car, but it's too expensive.
3:35	Instead, I'm gonna make her a big birthday cake.
3:43	Next time, we'll discuss linking
3:45	in part three of the connected speech series.
3:50	This is American English. Thanks for watching.

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