Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here from the Happy English podcast
and welcome to another Saturday Short your quick tip for
speaking English naturally. Today, let's talk about three super common
words in spoken English, Wanna, gonna, and gotta. Now you
won't find these in a textbook, but native speakers use
them all the time in conversation. Here's how they work.
First up, Wanna Wanna is a reduction of want to wanna,
like I want to get some coffee or do you
want to hang out later. Just remember, wana is only
used with verbs I want to go, I want to eat,
I want to see, but not nouns. You can say
I wanna go shopping, but not I wanna shopping. Next
is gonna. This one comes from going to gonna like
I'm gonna call her later or he's gonna be late.
Gonna is used to talk about the future, just like
going to, and gonna is also followed by a verb
I'm gonna eat lunch. And finally, we have gotta. That's
short for have got to. It means must or need to,
and like wanna and gonna, gotta is followed by a
verb like I gotta go and we gotta finish this
report before noon. When you put it all together, it
sounds like this. You gotta see this movie. It's amazing.
I'm gonna go tomorrow. You wanna come. These are natural,
everyday English phrases. You don't need to use them in writing,
but when you speak, using them makes you sound way
more fluent, and then boom, you're speaking like a native.
Thanks for listening, and I'll see you next Saturday for
another Saturday Short