英语学习者经常在电影中听到或在漫画中读到的诸如“wanna”或“gonna”之类的表达方式所迷惑。如果它们在字典里查找这些表达，它们可能找不到，这进一步增加了困惑。
事实上，这些表达确实存在，它们是“非正式缩略语”或人们在随意说话时使用的其他单词的缩写形式。它们不完全是俚语，但有点像俚语。
以下是一些最常见的非正式缩略语，并附有例句：
GIMME = give me
- Gimme your money.
- Don't gimme that rubbish.
- Can you gimme a hand?
GONNA = going to
- Nothing's gonna change my love for you.
- I'm not gonna tell you.
- What are you gonna do?
GOTTA = (have) got a
- I've gotta gun.
- I gotta gun.
- She hasn't gotta penny.
- Have you gotta car?
INIT = isn't it
- That's smart, init?
- Init strange?
KINDA = kind of
- She's kinda cute.
- Are you kinda mad at me?
LEMME = let me
- Lemme go!
- He didn't lemme see it.
WANNA = want to
- I wanna go home.
- I don't wanna go.
- Do you wanna watch TV?
WANNA = want a
- I wanna coffee.
- I don't wanna thing from you.
- Do you wanna beer?
请记住，这些是非正式的收缩。我们只在快速随意地说话时才使用它们，例如与朋友交谈时，我们几乎从不在写作中使用它们。
还要注意的是，上面的句子可能是人为的，因为当我们使用一个缩略语时，我们也可能在同一个句子中使用其他缩略语，甚至完全删除一些单词。例如：
Do you want a beer?Do you wanna beer?D'you wanna beer?D'ya wanna beer?Ya wanna beer?Wanna beer?