Pengertian contractions

Pengertian contraction

Apa itu contractions? Sederhananya, contractions adalah singkatan. Kemudian, bagaimana bentuknya? Dan bagaimana cara membentuk singkatan tersebut? Anda bisa menemukan penjelasannya di bawah ini.

Berikut adalah contoh Contractions 

1. Positive Contractions (Singkatan Positif)
- I'm = I am
- I've = I have
- I'll = I will
- I'd = I would / I should / I had
- you're = you are
- you've = you have
- you'll = you will
- you'd = you had / you would
- he's = he has / he is
- he'll = he will
- he'd = he had/ he would

- she's = she has/she is
- she'll = she will
- she'd she had/she would
- it's = it has/it is
- it'll = it will
- we're = we are
- we've = we have
- we'll = we will
- we'd = we had/we would
- they're = they are
- they've = they have
- they'll = they will
- they'd = they had/they would

2. Negative Contractions (Singkatan Negatif)
- aren't = are not
- can't = can not
- couldn't = could not
- didn't = did not
- doesn't = does not
- don't = do not
- hasn't = has not
- haven't = have not
- hadn't = had not
- isn't = is not
- mayn't = may not
- mustn't = must not
- needn't = need not
- shan't = shall not
- shouldn't = should not
- wasn't = was not
- weren't = were not
- won't = will not
- wouldn't = would not

3. Other Contractions (Singkatan yang lain)
- There's a book. = There is a book
  (Ada sebuah buku)
- What's is that = What is that?
  (Apa itu?)
- Who's he? = Who is he?
  (Siapakah dia?)
- Who'll be there? = Who will be there?
  (Siapa yang akan berada disana?

4. Informal Constractions (Singkatan Informal)

Adalah singkatan informal yang biasa digunakan dalam situasi informal.Singkatan ini tidak termasuk dalam kelompok slang, tetapi sedikit menyerupai slang.

Contoh :
- gonna = going to
  I'm not gonna tell you.
  (Saya tidak akan menceritakan kepadamu.)
- Lemme = let me
  Lemme go!
  (Biarkan saya pergi!)
- wanna = want to
  I wanna eat meatball.
  Saya ingin makan bakso.
- whatcha = what are you
  Whatcha going to do?
  (Apa yang akan kamu lakukan?)
- gimme = give me
  Can you gimme a magazine?
  (Dapatkah kamu memberi saya majalah?)
- ain't = has not / have not
  He ain't finished yet.
  (Dia belum menyelesaikannya.)
  I ain't sure.
  (Saya tidak yakin.)


Contraction yang lainnya:

1) Contractions yang pertama dibentuk dengan cara mengganti huruf yang hilang menggunakan tanda apostrof. Contohnya:

• Is not: Isn’t
• Cannot: Can’t
• I am: I’m
• He is: He’s

(2) Contraction yang kedua dibentuk dengan mengompres kata. Contohnya:

• Mister: Mr.
• Doctor: Dr.
• Professor: Prof.

Daftar Contractions yang menggunakan apostrof:

	Contraction	Original
1	aren't	are not
2	can't	cannot
3	couldn't	could not
4	didn't	did not
5	doesn't	does not
6	don't	do not
7	hadn't	had not
8	hasn't	has not
9	haven't	have not
10	he'd	he had, he would
11	he'll	he will, he shall
12	he's	he is, he has
13	I'd	I had, I would
14	I'll	I will, I shall
15	I'm	I am
16	I've	I have
17	isn't	is not
18	it's	it is, it has
19	let's	let us
20	mustn't	must not
21	shan't	shall not
22	she'd	she had, she would
23	she'll	she will, she shall
24	she's	she is, she has
25	shouldn't	should not
26	that's	that is, that has
27	there's	there is, there has
28	they'd	they had, they would
29	they'll	they will, they shall
30	they're	they are
31	they've	they have
32	we'd	we had, we would
33	we're	we are
34	we've	we have
35	weren't	were not
36	what'll	what will, what shall
37	what're	what are
38	what's	what is, what has
39	what've	what have
40	where's	where is, where has
41	who'd	who had, who would
42	who'll	who will, who shall
43	who're	who are
44	who's	who is, who has
45	who've	who have
46	won't	will not
47	wouldn't	would not
48	you'd	you had, you would
49	you'll	you will, you shall
50	you're	you are
51	you've	you have