Where you been

[ostap77]

I heard a man say( a native speaker):

"Where you been?"

I know it should be " Where have you been?" What do you think?

OR " What you been doing in there?"

 

[bhaisahab]

I heard a man say( a native speaker):

"Where you been?"

I know it should be " Where have you been?" What do you think?

OR " What you been doing in there?"

You are right, it should be "Where have you been?" and "What have you been doing in there?"

 

[ostap77]

You are right, it should be "Where have you been?" and "What have you been doing in there?"

Is it colloquial?

 

[e2e4]

A learner

I think you didn't hear him properly.
He said Where've you been? almost eating the 've.

Listening to a native asks us learners to have already known all the words the native uses.

 

[SoothingDave]

You will indeed hear natives say "Where you been?"

("Where've you been?" is also heard.)

"What you been doing in there?" could also be heard, but not as likely as the first phrase. It sounds uneducated.

 

[philadelphia]

You will indeed hear natives say "Where you been?"

("Where've you been?" is also heard.)

"What you been doing in there?" could also be heard, but not as likely as the first phrase. It sounds uneducated.

This could certainly sound logical as many uneducated people speak -in any language.

 

[philadelphia]

I heard a man say( a native speaker):

"Where you been?"

I know it should be " Where have you been?" What do you think?

OR " What you been doing in there?"

*Not a teacher

They do sometimes. You can call them lazy guys, however, that is it.

 

[ostap77]

*Not a teacher

They do sometimes. You can call them lazy guys, however, that is it.

Is it regional? Sounds more like southern guys.

 

[philadelphia]

Is it regional? Sounds more like southern guys.

No, it is not -as far as I know at least. I would say it depends on the classes (lower, med', upper) and the age, and heaps of other circumstances.

 

[ostap77]

:up:

 

[e2e4]

Once I heard on the Internet a Londoner (if I remember this properly) saying

...I would have known it.
It was entitled.
If I hadn't read it I wouldn't have understand it. No chance.

It was said too fast.

like I'd've known it.

Something like that. Too fast for me.

I will need a lot of time listening to them to get it easy.
But where to find them to practise?:roll:
:-D

 

[birdeen's call]

Is it regional? Sounds more like southern guys.

You're right. It is a feature of Southern American English. But it doesn't mean you can't hear it elsewhere.

 

[Pedroski]

Where I grew up, just east of London, we always said 'Where you bin?' bin = been Still do!

 

[riquecohen]

*Not a teacher

They do sometimes. You can call them lazy guys, however, that is it.

Lack of education is not synonymous with lazy.

 

[ostap77]

Lack of education is not synonymous with lazy.

You mean some people intentionally leave "have" out just to express one's attitude " Well I'm talking not writing a composition" or they lack grammar?