gotta

CEFRA1

/ˈɡɒtə/

verb

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Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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“All right, let’s go. They must have sake, eh? Oh, Izuna, will you come along?” “If they have fish or meat, you don’t gotta ask, please.”
2016, Yuu Kamiya, translated by Daniel Komen, No Game No Life, volume 4
Clavicular, characteristically, attributed his good luck with the criminal justice system to his looks. “You just gotta mog,” he posted on X, above a screenshot of a news headline.
2026 February 13, Joseph Bernstein, “Handsome at Any Cost”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2026
I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night
2009, The Black Eyed Peas, I Gotta Feeling

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Contraction of got + to.