Reduced Form in English(영어 줄여쓰기와 발음)

 

원어민들은 모든 단어를 명확하게 발음하지 않고, 줄여서 발음하는 경우가 많다.

Standard English	Reduced Form	Example
because	kuz	I don’t wanna go to the party, kuz it sounds boring.
bet you	betcha	I betcha can’t eat ten hot dogs!
could have+consonant	kuda	You kuda gone with me, if you’d told me in plenty of time.
could have+vowel	kudav	I was so hungry, I kudav eaten a horse.
did you	didja/didya	Didja like the film?
don’t you	doncha	Doncha know?
get you	getcha	I’ll getcha a drink.
give me	gimme	Gimme all your money!
going to+verb	gonna	I’m gonna do my homework now.
got you	gotcha	I gotcha that candy bar you asked for.
has to	hasta	He hasta know how much he means to me.
have to	hafta	I hafta clean the house before I go out.
how are you+verb	howarya	Howarya doing?
I don’t know	I dunno	I dunno what to think about that.
kind of+consonant	kinda	I’m kinda worried about that test.
kind of+vowel	kindav	This book is kindav interesting.
kinds of+consonant	kindsa	What kindsa clothes does that shop sell?
kinds of+vowel	kindsav	Look at all those different kindsav oranges for sale!
let me	lemme	Lemme in!
lot of+consonant	lotta	I’ve got a lotta respect for that guy.
lot of+vowel	lottav	There were a lottav English people at the party.
lots of+consonant	lottsa	There were lottsa different nationalities in that chat room.
lots of+vowel	lottsav	There were lottsav interesting things to see and do.
might have+consonant	mighta	I mighta gone with him if he’d invited me.
might have+vowel	mightav	She mightav agreed to come if you’d been nicer to her.
must have+consonant	musta	I musta walked past her without even seeing her.
must have+vowel	mustav	She mustav intended to dump him before his birthday.
ought to	oughta	You oughta know more about that than me.
should have+consonant	shoulda	I shoulda studied harder for the exam.
should have+vowel	shouldav	He really shouldav opened up about his feelings.
should not have+consonant	shouldn’ta/
	shouldn’a	Where is she? She shouldn’a taken that long.
should not have+vowel	shouldn’tav/
	shouldn’av	She shouldn’tav ignored you like that.
want to	wanna	I wanna go home.
what are you+gerund	whatcha	Whatcha doing?
what do you+verb	whaddaya	Whaddaya wanna do today?
would have+consonant	woulda	I woulda done the dishes if you’d asked me.
would have+vowel	wouldav	I wouldav asked you to do it, if I’d thought you would.
what is the matter	wassamatta	Wassamatta witcha? (with you)