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.
'āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§' āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻāϰāĻŖāĻāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĨā§āϝ āĻĢāϰā§āĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻļā§. āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻāϰāĻŖā§āϰ
āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāύ āϤāĻŦā§ āϏāĻŽāϤā§āϞā§āϝ āĻšāĻŦā§, 'I have got to' āĻŦāĻž 'I have got to'āĨ¤ āĻāĻĨā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻžāϰā§,
'got to' āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠'gotta' āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ 'have' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž 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.”
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻžāύāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧠āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϏāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻāϤ āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠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 āϝā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻā§āύ āϤāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ
āϝāĻž āĻ
āĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤ⧠āĻāϰāĻž āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤
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 āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āϏā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϤā§āϰā§āĻā§ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāϰāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"
"āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤"