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.
'āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŖāĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻļā§. āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ°
āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŦā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻŦā§, 'I have got to' āĻŦāĻž 'I have got to'āĨ¤ āĻāĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§,
'got to' āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§ 'gotta' āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ 'have' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯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.”
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¸āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°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§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ¯āĻž āĻ
āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻĻāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°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."
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"