Conservatoire national des arts et métiers

Summary The following is a list of frequent oral reductions in English. First category: expressions ending with “to” gonna = going to wanna = want to hafta = have to oughta = ought to gotta = got to Second category: expressions ending with “of” a lotta = a lot of outta = out of kinda = kind of sorta = sort of Third category: expressions ending with “have” coulda = could have woulda = would have shoulda = should have musta = must have mighta = might have A few more frequent reductions I dunno = I don’t know d’ja = did you whaddaya = what do you/what are you Quiz For each question, click to listen to a short audio clip.