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I know the full conjugations of expressing things that must/must not be done
(ex:行かなくてはだめ）and their slang forms (ex:行かなくちゃ) but I've heard the ちゃ sounds
like a little girl speaking? If that's true, how can I shorten the full
conjugation without using ちゃ?
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grammar word-choice gender
How to shorten conjugations of "must" forms without sounding girly?
There are a few ways of doing it. Looking at 行く as the verb.

> 行かなくてはいけません  
>  行かなければなりません  
>  行かなくてはいけない  
>  行かなければならない  
>  行かなくちゃいけない (mostly feminine)  
>  行かなきゃいけない (mostly feminine)  
>  行かなくちゃ (mostly feminine)  
>  行かなきゃ (mostly feminine)  
>  行かないと  
>  行かんと (informal, colloquial)

Similarly with する as the verb

> しなくてはいけません  
>  しなければなりません  
>  しなくてはいけない  
>  しなければならない  
>  しなくちゃいけない (mostly feminine)  
>  しなきゃいけない (mostly feminine)  
>  しなくちゃ (mostly feminine)  
>  しなきゃ (mostly feminine)  
>  しないと  
>  せんと (informal, colloquial, dialect)
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