Las contracciones en ingle s

Las contracciones en ingles

Una contracci¨®n es una palabra o frase que ha sido ha reducida al eliminar una o

m¨¢s letras. En la escritura, el ap¨®strofe toma el lugar de las letras que faltan.

Las contracciones en ingl¨¦s se usan en el lenguaje informal (en el oral m¨¢s que en el

escrito), aunque, en un contexto coloquial, puedes usar contracciones para escribir. Si

est¨¢s escribiendo un ensayo acad¨¦mico, evita las contracciones a toda costa.

A continuaci¨®n te pongo unas tablas de las contracciones en ingl¨¦s m¨¢s comunes y su

pronunciaci¨®n...que a veces es bastante confusa para los que no hablamos ingl¨¦s como

lengua materna.

Veremos las contracciones de:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Verbo TO BE

Verbo TO HAVE y el verbo TO DO

Algunos verbos modales

Los Modales perfectos

Algunas Wh-Words (pronombres interrogativos)

Pues vamos con las tablas:

TO BE

I am

He is

She is

It is

We are

You are

They are

Is not

Are not

Was not

Were not

Contraction

I'm

He's

She's

It¡¯s

We¡¯re

You¡¯re

They¡¯re

Isn't

Aren¡¯t

Wasn't

Weren¡¯t

Pronunciation

a?m

hi?z

?i?z

?ts

w??

j?

?e?

??znt

¨»?nt

?w?znt

w??nt



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TO HAVE

I have (got)

He has

She has

It has

We have

You have

They have

Have not

Has not

I had

You had

He had

She had

Had not

Do

Do not

Does not

Did not

Contraction

I've (got)

He's

She's

It¡¯s

We¡¯ve

You¡¯ve

They¡¯ve

Haven¡¯t

Hasn¡¯t

I¡¯d

You¡¯d

He¡¯d

She¡¯d

Hadn¡¯t

Contraction

Don¡¯t

Doesn¡¯t

Didn¡¯t

Pronunciation

a?v

hi?z

?i?z

?ts

wi?v

ju?v

??e?v

?h vnt

?h?znt

a?d

ju?d

hi?d

?i?d

?h?dnt

Pronunciation

d??nt

?d?znt

?d?dnt



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Modals

Cannot

Could not

I would

He would

We would

They would

Would not

I will

You will

He will

She will

It will

We will

They will

Will not

Should not

Need not

Might not

Shall not

Must not

Contraction

Can¡¯t

Couldn¡¯t

I¡¯d

He¡¯d

We¡¯d

They¡¯d

Wouldn¡¯t

I¡¯ll

You¡¯ll

He¡¯ll

She¡¯ll

It¡¯ll

We¡¯ll

They¡¯ll

Won¡¯t

Shouldn¡¯t

Needn¡¯t

Mightn¡¯t

Shan¡¯t

Mustn¡¯t

Pronunciation

Modales perfectos

Should have

Must have

Could have

Would have

Contraction

I should¡¯ve

I must¡¯ve

Could¡¯ve

Would¡¯ve

Pronunciation

k¨»?nt

?k?dnt

a?d

hi?d

wi?d

??e?d

?w?dnt

a?l

ju?l

hi?l

?i?l

??znt

wi?l

??e?l

w??nt

???dnt

?ni?dnt

?ma?tnt

?¨»?nt

?m?snt

?a? ???d?v

?a? ?m?st?v

k?d?v |

?w?d?v



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W-words

What is/has

What are

What will

Where is/has

Who would/had

Who will

Who is

Who are

Who have

Contraction

What¡¯s

What¡¯re

What¡¯ll

Where¡¯s

Who¡¯d

Who¡¯ll

Who¡¯s

Who¡¯re

Who¡¯ve

Pronunciation

?w?ts

?w?t?

?w?tl

we?z

hu?d

hu?l

hu?z

?hu??

hu?v

Notas

?

No confundas you¡¯re con your, suenan igual, pero uno es la segunda persona + el

verbo to be y el otro es el pronombre posesivo de segunda persona.

?

No confundas Who¡¯s con whose. Tambi¨¦n suenan igual /hu?z/,

pero whose significa "de qui¨¦n" o "cuyo".

?

F¨ªjate que la contracci¨®n de ambas formas he is y he has es la misma: he's. Las

distinguir¨¢s por la palabra que vaya inmediatamente despu¨¦s. Por ejemplo:

1. He's handsome (He is)

2. He's kissing me (He is)-->Gerundio

3. He's gone out (He has)-->Participio (Presente perfecto)

?

Lo mismo pasa con he had vs he would, comparten la misma contracci¨®n He'd. Se

distinguir¨¢n por el contexto de la frase.

?

I am not no tiene forma contra¨ªda, no puedes decir Amn¡¯t, no existe, por eso, para

la primera persona del singular en negativo se usa Aren¡¯t. ?Recuerdas que lo

vimos cuando estudiamos las Question tags?--> I am fat, aren't I?

?

La forma informal de decir aren't es ain¡¯t, pero ¨¦sta solo se utiliza en speaking en

contextos informales. Ain't sol¨ªa ser solo la forma coloquial (o vulgar) de aren't,

pero hoy en d¨ªa, puede servir para contraer casi cualquier negaci¨®n...en el Urban

Dictionary de lo explican de co?a ;-)



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Ejercicios

Te dejo estas frases para practicar las contracciones. S¨®lo tienes que contraer la forma normal,

ya sabes, eliminas letras y le a?ades el ap¨®strofe.

1.

It is too hot tonight

2. I will go to the cinema with Anne

3. He has not written the book yet

4. She should have eaten something, should not she?

5. We are late, do not you think?

6. There is the woman who is engaged to your dad

7. She is getting angry, is not she?

8. Georgina has not come the the party, and I do not know what

is troubling her.

9. I have not been able to find a chemist

10. I would like to go with you, but I am too busy



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