Gonna and Gotta

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

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This episode was published on May 16, 2016.

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