GONNA = going to

/ /

Tento tvar se používá pro vyjádření úmyslu, záměru, či jisté budoucnosti:

I'm gonna watch TV tonight.

You're gonna like that.

I'm not gonna tell you anything.

It's gonna rain.

WANNA = want to

/ /

I wanna hold your hand.

I don't wanna be late.

What do you wanna do?

GOTTA = have got to

/ /

Tento tvar nahrazuje poměrně dlouhou vazbu HAVE GOT TO, tedy MUSET.

I gotta go.

Do what you gotta do.

I gotta tell you something.

Toto slovo lze použít i se slovesem HAVE:

I've gotta go.

He's gotta learn.

OUGHTA = ought to

/ /

You oughta know.

KINDA = kind of

/ /

I kinda like it.

He's kinda funny.

LOTSA = lots of

/ /

It needs lotsa work.

OUTTA = out of

/ /

I'm outta here.

We're outta time.

Tento tvar se používá pro vyjádření úmyslu, záměru, či jisté budoucnosti:

I'm not gonna tell you anything.

Tento tvar nahrazuje poměrně dlouhou vazbu HAVE GOT TO, tedy MUSET.

Toto slovo lze použít i se slovesem HAVE:

GIMME = give me

/ /

Gimme that.

LEMME = let me

/ /

Lemme see that.

WHATCHA = what are you

/ /

Whatcha gonna do?

DUNNO = I don't know

/ /

I dunno.

SHOULDA = should have, COULDA =

/ /

I shoulda never gotten married.

It coulda been worse.

AIN'T

/ /

Zvláštním výrazem je ain't, které lze použít místo kteréhokoliv záporného tvaru slovesa BE,

pomocného HAVE, a některých dalších pomocných sloves.

I ain't gonna do it. = I'm not going to do it.

He ain't listening. = He isn't listening.

You ain't my mom! = You aren't my mother.

I ain't done it. = I haven't done it.

She ain't got the money to buy it.

S tímto slovem se často ve větě používají dva zápory (což je pro spisovnou angličtinu

nepřijatelné):

He ain't got no money. = He hasn't go

You ain't nobody. = You aren't anybody.

I ain't never been there. = I've never been there.

CUZ, 'COS, 'CAUSE

/ , , /

Toto jsou nespisovné verze slova BECAUSE (protože).

I sent you a letter ´cause I love you.

SHOULDA = should have, COULDA = could have, WOULDA = would have

I shoulda never gotten married.

, které lze použít místo kteréhokoliv záporného tvaru slovesa BE,

pomocného HAVE, a některých dalších pomocných sloves.

= I'm not going to do it.

= He isn't listening.

= You aren't my mother.

= I haven't done it.

She ain't got the money to buy it. = She hasn't got the money to buy it.

S tímto slovem se často ve větě používají dva zápory (což je pro spisovnou angličtinu

= He hasn't got any money.

= You aren't anybody.

= I've never been there.

Toto jsou nespisovné verze slova BECAUSE (protože).

I sent you a letter ´cause I love you.

could have, WOULDA = would have

, které lze použít místo kteréhokoliv záporného tvaru slovesa BE,

S tímto slovem se často ve větě používají dva zápory (což je pro spisovnou angličtinu