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- "Gonna" is the short form of "going to." "I'm gonna go to the store." "He's gonna leave early.” “We're gonna watch a movie." "Gotta" is the short form of "got to," which means “have to.” "I have got to" means I have to do something. Native speakers will often drop the "ve," the "have" part, the contracted form of “have” in speech.
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“Gonna”, “gotta” and “wanna” are informal forms. Native English speakers often use them in conversations. You may also see gonna, wanna and gotta in written text messages or tweets. But in more formal emails and letters, going to, want to and have to / need to are more suitable.
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- Gonna
- Common Mistakes with Gonna
- Wanna
- Wanna with A Noun
- Gotta
- Gotta with A Noun
- Formal and Informal
- Examples from The CNBC Steve Jobs Interview
- Conclusion
Aww yeah! Welcome to another episode of RealLife TV. I’m Justin and today I’m going to teach you how native speakers use “gonna,” “wanna,” and “gotta.” So, stay tuned! Is this RealLife?
Ok, to start with, we have “going to” in the simple future. So, going to, the simple construction is “going to + verb.” So, “I’m going to go to the movies,” “I’m going to play soccer.” This becomes gonna. “I’m gonna play soccer,” “I’m gonna go to the movies. This is very common, especially in American English, but in other forms of English as well.
So, a couple of mistakes people make with this. The first one is they don’t use the to be, so they say “I gonna.” But it should be “I’m gonna.” Second mistake is they often say “I’m gonna to,” but it should be “I’m going to” or “I’m gonna.” “I’m gonna play soccer.” And the third mistake is they often confuse the present continuous with gonna. But t...
So, now, “wanna.” Wanna is want to plus a verb. It can also be a noun as well, but that’s a little bit different. So, for example, “I wanna play soccer.” “I wanna have fun.” “I wanna eat dinner.”
And then, with a noun, this is actually “I want a.” “I want a new car.” “I want a book about this subject.” A common tendency with this is sometimes we take off the subject in the beginning. So, instead of saying “Do you wanna hangout?” I might say “Wanna hangout?” or “You wanna hangout?”
And the final one is “gotta.” Gotta comes from “I’ve got to.” “I’ve got to leave now,” which is like “I have to leave now.” But we take off the “I’ve” and make it “I,” as kind of a colloquial contraction. So, “I gotta go now” is a common way. “I gotta read that book.” More correct would be “I’ve got to” and the correct pronunciation would be “I’ve ...
And then a lot of times people use this with a noun. So, “I got a new car,” for example, or another example of this would be “I got a meeting later on today.” “I got a meeting later on today.” So, those are the examples of gonna (“I’m gonna play soccer”), wanna (“I wanna study for that test”), and gotta (“I gotta go” or “I’ve gotta go”).
So, just on the side notes, these are not all informal contractions. This is connected speech, the way natives really speak. The way we shrink our words, the way we connect them, the way we link them. So, we do this in informal situations and formal situations. So, just to give you an example of this, I’m going to provide you with an interview with...
“And it will completely change your expectations are GONNA be for what you can carry on your pocket.” “I think everything is GONNA be just fine.” “Yeah, I don’t think the stock actions scandal is GONNA impact this at the end of the day earnings are GONNA be there.” “And if he again puts out the better mousetrap, people are GONNA follow him.” So, th...
So, that does it for today’s lesson. Remember that these are important. Connected speech with “gonna,” “gotta,” “wanna.” Make sure you know how to understand them and then play around with it, see if you can use it. And it’s really gonna help your English flow a lot. But that’s it for today, thank you for watching, I really enjoyed being here today...
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