Does he gotta go?

[nininaz]

He gotta go.

I want to make the question form of the sentence above. Are the followings OK?

1. Does he gotta go?
2. Has he gotta go?
3. Did he gotta go?

 

[Yankee]

I wouldn't use #3.

 

[jutfrank]

Write the sentences like this:

0) He got to go.
1) Does he got to go?
2) Has he got to go?
3) Did he got to go?

Only number 2 is correct. The others are incorrect. Number 0 is missing a word. It should be He has got to go.

Transcribing the words got to as 'gotta' is a way to represent visually how we pronounce them. You shouldn't write them down like that unless you want to make a specific point about the way they are spoken.

 

[Raymott]

I don't understand the meaning of the original - "He gotta go."
Does it mean "He has got to go" (He has to go) or "He was allowed to go" (He got to go)?

 

[GoesStation]

I don't understand the meaning of the original - "He gotta go."
Does it mean "He has got to go" (He has to go):tick: or "He was allowed to go" (He got to go):cross:?

In American English, "got" would be emphasized and "to" articulated more fully if we meant "He was allowed to go."

 

[Raymott]

So, it's standard in AmE to say "He gotta go" instead of "He's gotta go"? I can imagine that the former is used in some subcultures, but I'd be surprised if you said it was standard AmE.

 

[GoesStation]

So, it's standard in AmE to say "He gotta go" instead of "He's gotta go"? I can imagine that the former is used in some subcultures, but I'd be surprised if you said it was standard AmE.

No, not at all. It's common in some dialects, particular AAVE, but it's far from standard.