Reduction in English


            Bismillahirrohmanirrohim..

            It’s cold there. It is just like a house for knowledges. Yup! It is Library :D. My friend and I like to visit our ‘Jurusan’ library at recess or in our free time. When we feel hot outside because of the sun shine that just like a giant spotlight (?), or maybe bored, then we moved to the ‘Jurusan’ library and sometimes we steal some knowledges from the books there :D .

            Today, by an accident, we found such kind of ‘Reduction’ from a book in the library. We don’t know much about that actually, but I am interested in it, then i decided to find out about that. We can use these when speaking or writing, but do not use it to a formal condition, Okay??. Common word said with relaxed pronunciation in American English. Here they are :

  • could have: [ˈkʊɾə], coulda
  • must have: [ˈmʌstə], musta
  • should have: [ˈʃʊɾə], shoulda
  • would have: [ˈwʊɾə], woulda
  • it would / it would have: [ˈɪɾə], itta
  • a lot of: [əˈlɑɾə], a lotta
  • kind of: [ˈkaɪɾ̃ə], kinda
  • out of: [ˈaʊɾə], outta
  • sort of: [ˈsɔɹɾə], sorta
  • going to: [ˈɡʌnə], gonna
  • got to: [ˈɡɑɾə], gotta
  • have to: [ˈhæftə], hafta
  • want to: [ˈwɑɾ̃ə], wanna
  • ought to : [ˈɔɾə] oughta

  • did you: [ˈdɪdʒə], didja
  • did you / do you: [ˈdʒə], d'ya
  • don't you: [ˈdoʊntʃə], doncha
  • got you: [ˈɡɒtʃə], gotcha
  • get you / get your: [ˈɡɛtʃə], getcha
  • would you: [ˈwʊdʒə], wouldja

  • about: [ˈbaʊt], bout
  • already: [ɑˈɹɛɾi], ahready
  • all right: [ɑˈɹʌit], ahright
  • come here: [ˈkʌmi(ə)ɹ], cuhmeer
  • come on: [kəˈmɑn], c'mon
  • don't know: [ɾəˈnoʊ], [dəˈnoʊ] if not preceded by a vowel sound, dunno
  • fixing to: "finna"
  • give me: [ˈɡɪmi], gimme
  • I'm going to: [ˈaɪmə], "Imma" or [ˈɑmənə], "Ah-muhnuh"
  • is it: [zɪt], ’zit
  • isn't it: [ˈɪnɪt], innit
  • let me: [ˈlɛmi], lemme
  • let's: [ts], E.g. let's go: [tsˈɡoʊ]
  • probably: [ˈpɹɑli], [ˈpɹɑbli], prolly, probly
  • suppose: [spoʊz] s'pose. E.g. I suppose so: [ai spoʊz soʊ]
  • trying to: [ˈtɹaɪɾ̃ə] "trynna"
  • want a: [ˈwɑɾ̃ə], wanna
  • what is that: [ˌwʌˈsæt], wussat
  • what is up: [wəˈsʌp], wassup
  • what is up: [sʌp], ’sup
  • what are you: [ˈwʌtʃə], whatcha
  • what have you: [ˈwʌtʃə], whatcha. E.g. What have you been up to? : [wʌtʃə bɪn ʌp tu]
  • what do you/what are you: [ˈwʌɾəjə], whaddaya
  • you all: [jɑl], y’all

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