Gonna and Gotta
In informal English conversation, we often use shorter, versions of common word combinations.
One of the most common is ‘gonna’ - short for ‘going to’.
When we say the words ‘going to’ very quickly, they run together and sound like ‘gonna’.
So ‘Are you going to wash the car today?’ becomes:
B: ‘Are you gonna wash the car today?’
And ‘We are going to go home for dinner.’ becomes:
‘We’re gonna go home for dinner.’
We also shorten ‘got to’ so it sounds more like ‘gotta.’
Here, ‘got to’ means ‘have to’ or ‘must’:
So ‘I have got to wash the car today,’ becomes:
‘I’ve gotta wash the car today.’
And ‘I have got to go home for dinner,’ becomes:
‘I’ve gotta go home for dinner.’
Flickr CC: Bark
In informal English conversation, we often use shorter, versions of common word combinations.
One of the most common is ‘gonna’ - short for ‘going to’.
When we say the words ‘going to’ very quickly, they run together and sound like ‘gonna’.
So ‘Are you going to wash the car today?’ becomes:
B: ‘Are you gonna wash the car today?’
And ‘We are going to go home for dinner.’ becomes:
‘We’re gonna go home for dinner.’
We also shorten ‘got to’ so it sounds more like ‘gotta.’
Here, ‘got to’ means ‘have to’ or ‘must’:
So ‘I have got to wash the car today,’ becomes:
‘I’ve gotta wash the car today.’
And ‘I have got to go home for dinner,’ becomes:
‘I’ve gotta go home for dinner.’
Flickr CC: Bark
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