Here are some abbreviations American native speakers use while
speaking informally/texting (these often make spoken English hard to understand):Want to —> wanna
Going to —> gonna
Kinda —> kind of
Sorta —> sort of
Lemme —> let me
Gotta —> got to
Whatcha —> what are you
Dontcha —> don’t you
Hafta (mostly only spoken) —> have to
Waddyu (mostly only spoken) —> what do you
Shoulda —> should have
Coulda —> could have
Woulda —> would have
Ex: What do you want to do? —> Waddyu wanna do?
I kind of want to see a movie. —> I kinda wanna see a movie.
What are you doing? —> Whatcha doin’?
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