Spoken English

Use of “I gotta + (verb)”; Day: 7

Use of “I gotta + (verb)”

‘I gotta’ is grammatically incorrect. It is more of a spoken form. If you want to say this with proper grammar, the equivalent would be, ‘I have got to’ or ‘I’ve got to’. In the spoken form, ‘got to’ is shortened to ‘gotta’ and the word ‘have’ is dropped.

'āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āφāϛ⧇' āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŖāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞāĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨā§āϝ āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€. āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϰāϪ⧇āϰ 
āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϤ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻšāĻŦ⧇, 'I have got to' āĻŦāĻž 'I have got to'āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻĨā§āϝ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇, 
'got to' āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ 'gotta' āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'have' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

Here are some examples:

“I gotta manage my money.”
“I gotta obey the laws.”
“I gotta move to a bigger house.”
“I gotta impress my boss.”
“I gotta brush my teeth.”

"āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤"
"āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāχāύ āĻŽāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤"
"āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤"
"āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϏāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤"
"āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤"

By adding the word 'have' you can change what you are saying to express something 
that needs to be done in the near future.
'have' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āύ āϤāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ
āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤
Here are some examples:

"I have got to be on time to work."
"I've gotta try harder at school."
"I've gotta tell my wife I'll be late."
"I've gotta learn more about the laws."
"I've gotta clean my house today."
"āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤"
"āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤"
"āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤"
"āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāχāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤"
"āφāϜāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϘāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤"