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.

'āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĻ°āĻŖāĻ—āĻ¤āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻŦā§‡āĻļā§€. āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•āĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° 
āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻŦā§‡, 'I have got to' āĻŦāĻž 'I have got to'āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‡, 
'got to' āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ 'gotta' āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'have' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

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.”

"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤"
"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤"
"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤"
"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤"
"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡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§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨
āĻ¯āĻž āĻ…āĻĻā§‚āĻ° āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻĻāĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĨ¤
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."
"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤"
"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤"
"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻŋ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤"
"āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤"
"āĻ†āĻœāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ˜āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤"