Spoken short forms

Learning English Vocabulary

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.5 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha... We give you an introduction to short spoken forms.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.2	To find out more, visit our website.
0:07.0	Six Minutes Vocabulary.
0:09.3	From BBC LearningEnglish.com.
0:13.2	Hello and welcome to six-minute vocabulary with me Finn.
0:18.1	And me, Catherine.
0:22.0	And today we're talking about short spoken forms.
0:26.2	That's words like gunner, wanna and godda, that we use a lot in spoken English.
0:36.2	Let's start by listening to Jason and Yuki
0:39.7	talking about their plans for the weekend.
0:42.7	And here's a question.
0:44.2	Who is Yuki meeting on Saturday night?
0:47.2	Have a listen.
0:49.2	What are you doing this weekend, Yuki?
0:51.9	I don't know.
0:53.4	I'm probably going to meet Lucy on Saturday night.
0:56.1	Oh, right. Do you want to come to the cinema in the afternoon?
1:00.8	No, thanks. I've got to finish an English essay for Monday morning.
1:05.2	Okay. Let me know if you change your mind.
1:11.4	Well, that was Jason and Yuki.
1:14.2	We asked you, who's Yuki meeting on Saturday night?
1:18.1	And the answer is she's probably going to meet Lucy.
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