Las contracciones, también llamadas “formas cortas”, normalmente combinan un pronombre (I, you, he, she, etc.) y un verbo auxiliar, o un verbo + “not”. Se usan en conversaciones cotidianas y en la escritura informal.
Las contracciones se escriben con apóstrofes (‘), que generalmente reemplazan a letras que han sido omitidas.
Veamos las contracciones afirmativas más comunes en inglés:
Forma original | Contracción | Ejemplos |
---|---|---|
I am | I'm | I'm a Duolingo fan |
You are | you're | You're learning English |
He is | he's | He's from Canada |
She is | she's | She's happy |
It is | it's | It's interesting |
We are | we're | We're friends |
You are | you're | You're reading |
They | they're | They're at home |
I have | I've | I've practiced a lot |
You have | you've | You've done 5 Duolingo lessons |
He has | he's | He's been on the news |
She has | she's | She's been on the news |
It has | it's | It's been on the news |
We have | we've | We've done 5 Duolingo lessons |
You have | you've | You've done 5 Duolingo lessons |
They have | they've | They've done 5 Duolingo lessons |
Todos los pronombres + will | I'll, you'll, he'll, etc. | We'll go on holiday soon |
Todos los pronombres + would | I'd, you'd, she'd, etc. | I'd like to speak English |
Ahora veamos las contracciones negativas:
Forma original | Contracción | Ejemplos |
---|---|---|
Is not | isn't | He isn't funny |
Are not | aren't | They aren't friends anymore |
Was not | wasn't | The elephant wasn't fat |
Were not | weren't | The flowers weren't very nice |
Did not | didn't | My friends didn't tell my secret to anyone |
Have not | haven't | We haven't studied this before |
Has not | hasn't | She hasn’t practiced much lately |
Will not | won't | We won’t go on vacation soon |
Cannot | can't | My mom can’t bake good cakes. |
Could not | couldn't | He couldn’t understand the situation |
Would not | wouldn't | I wouldn’t be happy if I didn’t have friends |
Should not | shouldn't | You shouldn’t stop practicing |
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