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Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here from the Happy English podcast

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and welcome to another Saturday Short your quick tip for

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speaking English naturally. Today, let's talk about three super common

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words in spoken English, Wanna, gonna, and gotta. Now you

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won't find these in a textbook, but native speakers use

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them all the time in conversation. Here's how they work.

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First up, Wanna Wanna is a reduction of want to wanna,

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like I want to get some coffee or do you

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want to hang out later. Just remember, wana is only

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used with verbs I want to go, I want to eat,

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I want to see, but not nouns. You can say

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I wanna go shopping, but not I wanna shopping. Next

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is gonna. This one comes from going to gonna like

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I'm gonna call her later or he's gonna be late.

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Gonna is used to talk about the future, just like

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going to, and gonna is also followed by a verb

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I'm gonna eat lunch. And finally, we have gotta. That's

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short for have got to. It means must or need to,

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and like wanna and gonna, gotta is followed by a

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verb like I gotta go and we gotta finish this

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report before noon. When you put it all together, it

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sounds like this. You gotta see this movie. It's amazing.

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I'm gonna go tomorrow. You wanna come. These are natural,

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everyday English phrases. You don't need to use them in writing,

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but when you speak, using them makes you sound way

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more fluent, and then boom, you're speaking like a native.

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Thanks for listening, and I'll see you next Saturday for

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another Saturday Short