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Meaning of hadda | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. had to
    contraction, nonstandard
  2. had (used in conditional statements; compare had've)
    Canada, US, contraction, nonstandard
  3. had a
    contraction, nonstandard

Examples

“1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Told him I hadda be on the bus for work and he rode with me.”
“If I hadda known, I wouldn't've gone.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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