Aren’t, won’t, wouldn’t, gimme, dan sebagainya… pernahkah kamu melihat kata-kata ini? Tentunya sering bukan. Nah dalam bahasa Inggris, kata-kata ini disebut contractions atau singkatan. Pada postingan kali ini saya akan memaparkan beberapa contoh contractions yang ada.
I
- I am –> I’m
- I have –> I’ve
- I will –> I’ll
- I would/should/had –> I’d
You
- You are –> You’re
- You have –> You’ve
- You will –> You’ll
- You had/would –> You’d
They
- They are –> They’re
- They have –> They’ve
- They will –> They’ll
- They had/would –> They’d
We
- We are –> We’re
- We have –> We’ve
- We will –> We’ll
- We had/would –> We’d
She
- She is/has –> She’s
- She will –> She’ll
- She had/would –> She’d
He
- He is/has –> He’s
- He will –> He’ll
- He had/would –> He’d
It
- It has/it is –> It’s
- It will –> It’ll
Baca Juga: Penggunaan i.e dan e.g
Dengan Not
- Is not –> Isn’t
- Are not –> Aren’t
- Was not –> Wasn’t
- Were not –> Weren’t
- Will not –> Won’t
- Would not –> Wouldn’t
- Do not –> Don’t
- Does not –> Doesn’t
- Did not –> Didn’t
- Can not –> Can’t
- Could not –> Couldn’t
- Has not –> Hasn’t
- Have not –> Haven’t
- Had not –> Hadn’t
- May not –> Mayn’t
- Must not –> Mustn’t
- Need not –> Needn’t
- Shall not –> Shan’t
- Should not –> Shouldn’t
- There is –> There’s
- What is –> What’s
- Who is –> Who’s
- Who will –> Who’ll
Singkatan Informal
- Going to –> Gonna
- Let me –> Lemme
- Want to –> Wanna
- What are you –> Whatcha
- Give me –> Gimme
- Has not/have not –> Ain’t
