En inglés hay combinaciones de dos palabras llamadas contracciones. Por lo general están formadas por un verbo y un pronombre. No obstante, no todos los verbos pueden formar parte de una contracción.
Las formas verbales que forman contracciones en inglés son: have, has, is, are, am, would and will.
PRONOMBRE + HAVE/ HAS | CONTRACCIÓN |
I have | I’ve |
you have | you’ve |
he has | he’s |
she has | she’s |
it has | it’s |
we have | we’ve |
you have | you’ve |
they have | they’ve |
Veamos a continuación las contracciones con pronombres y las formas is, are y am.
PRONOMBRE + IS/ ARE/ AM | CONTRACCIÓN |
I am | I’m |
you are | you’re |
he is | he’s |
she is | she’s |
it is | it’s |
we are | we’re |
you are | you’re |
they are | they’re |
*** ANOTE: las formas con he/she/it and tienen las mismas contracciones con las formas verbales has y is.
PRONOMBRE + WOULD / WILL | CONTRACCIÓN |
I would / I will | I’d / I’ll |
you would/ you will | you’d / you’ll |
he would/ he will | you’d/ you’ll |
she would/ she will | she’d / she’ll |
it would / it will | it’d / it’ll |
we would / we will | we’d / we’ll |
you would / you will | you’d / you’ll |
they would/ they will | they’d / they’ll |
Ciertos verbos en inglés forman contracciones con la palabra negativa not.
VERBO + NOT | CONTRACCIÓN |
are not | aren’t |
can not | can’t |
could not | couldn’t |
did not | didn’t |
do not | don’t |
does not | doesn’t |
has not | hasn’t |
have not | haven’t |
is not | isn’t |
must not | musn’t |
need not | needn’t |
should not | shouldn’t |
was not | wasn’t |
were not | weren’t |
will not | won’t |
would not | wouldn’t |
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