American slang

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Hi friends,I cant understand the accent while watching american movies. Could you send me some slangs llike "jeet means Did you eat?", "wanna means want to", "gonna, ain't".Native speakers help me. Please

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You'll get more help if you can be more specific.
"Gonna" usually is slang for "going to" or "will," as in, "I'm gonna die"; "You gonna eat that?"

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[nq:2]Hi friends, I cant understand the accent while watching american ... means want to", "gonna, ain't". Native speakers help me. Please[/nq]
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[nq:1]You'll get more help if you can be more specific. "Gonna" usually is slang for "going to" or "will," as in, "I'm gonna die"; "You gonna eat that?"[/nq]
A question for the aue people: Is "gonna" or "jeet" slang?

I don't consider sloppy pronunciation to be slang. "Gonna" is just a sloppy way of saying "going to".
Slang, to me, is an word that is used to mean something that is beyond the formal definition of the word. "Beater" is slang for "an old car". "Wifebeater" is slang for "a sleeveless undershirt". "Pot" is slang for marijuana, and so on.
"Gonna" is listed in http://onlineslangdictionary.com/ as a slang word. While I disagree, I can see that "gonna" in print would be slang but "gonna" when spoken is just sloppy pronunciation. And, the OP is asking about spoken slang since he's trying to understand TV show.
For the OP's information, this is one source to use to understand what you hear. Google "slang terms" for others.

Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

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[nq:1] I don't consider sloppy pronunciation to be slang. "Gonna" is just a sloppy way of saying "going to".[/nq]
I agree. Many people use the word "slang" to mean "non (i.e., "sub-")-standard usage." And that leaves no word with the meaning that "slang" used to have.
Incidentally, "gonna" only replaces "going to" when it is used as a modal auxiliary verb. People don't say "I'm gonna the store."

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[nq:2] I don't consider sloppy pronunciation to be slang. "Gonna" is just a sloppy way of saying "going to".[/nq]
[nq:1]I agree. Many people use the word "slang" to mean "non (i.e., "sub-")-standard usage." And that leaves no word with ... only replaces "going to" when it is used as a modal auxiliary verb. People don't say "I'm gonna the store."[/nq]
Sure they do.
Adrian

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[nq:1]Sure they do.[/nq]
Close, but it would be more, "I'm goanta the store."

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[nq:1]Hi friends, I cant understand the accent while watching american movies. Could you send me some slangs llike "jeet means Did you eat?", "wanna means want to", "gonna, ain't". Native speakers help me. Please[/nq]
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[nq:1]Hi friends, I cant understand the accent while watching american movies. Could you send me some slangs llike "jeet means Did you eat?", "wanna means want to", "gonna, ain't". Native speakers help me. Please[/nq]
There are a few such auxiliary verb+preposition "abbreviations": gonna (going to)
havta (have to)
s'poseta (supposed to)
wanna (want to)
Spelling can be an issue, as they are pretty much spoken English. One would write them only if they were to mimic the idiom.

Also similar:
gotcha (got you)
getcha (get you)
betcha (bet you)
letcha (let you)
...
and the list goes on

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[nq:1]Hi friends, I cant understand the accent while watching american movies. Could you send me some slangs llike "jeet means Did you eat?", "wanna means want[/nq]
Yes, Jeet is from Did jou eat, or J'eet.
Just as "Jou go to the store?" means "Did you go to the store?"

I agree with Tony completely, everything he said. I don't consider these to be slang, unless in print and not representing dialogue.

The faster someone talks the more likely he is to say these things, although fast talkers are not the only ones who say them. I use all of the ones mentioned in this thread some times.
If you talk fast enough long enough, I think you will too. They all follow automatically from proper pronunciation, if one isn't diligent to pronounce distinctly. I usually am diligent when I speak in public, which is rarely.
"I'm gonna make you love me. Yes, I will. Yes, I will." I've had other posts here over the years where I gave long lists of songs that use these forms. They do it especially in order to keep the meter of the verse.
English is weak on meter I think, and that is probably why these expressions are so common in normal speach. If anyone is still reading, what say you?
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[nq:1]to", "gonna, ain't". Native speakers help me. Please[/nq]
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