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Speaker 1: Have you ever studied will and be going to and thought, yeah, okay,

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I understand the rule, but I still don't know which

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one to use when I speak. Maybe your textbook says

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something like use will for the future and use be

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going to for plans. Technically that's correct, but in real

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conversations and depending on the situation, we naturally choose will

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or gonna. For today's Podcast English Lesson, we're going to

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look at several practical situations where you can use will

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or going to, you know, gonna in everyday conversational English.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast coming to you from

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New York City, and here's your English teacher, Michael.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael

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here from Happy English and I help people speak English better.

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And this is Happy English Podcast Episode Oney eighteen Practical

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uses of will and gonna in every day English. Let's

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start with will. There are a number of ways you

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can use will, and one common situation is when you

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make a decision at the moment of speaking. For example,

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imagine you're at home and the doorbell rings. You look

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at the door and say, I'll get it. You just

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decided at that moment to answer the door, or maybe

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you're having dinner with your family and someone says, oh,

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we're out of drinks, you might say, no worries, I'll

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run to the convenience store. Or like at work, if

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the boss says, oh, can someone get the remote control

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from the meeting room, you can reply with, yeah, sure,

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I'll get it. That decision wasn't planned before you decided

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right then. So when we make a quick decision in

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the moment, we usually use will. We also use will

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when we make promises. For example, maybe you're talking to

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a friend and they say, don't forget to call me later.

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You might say, oh, don't worry, I'll call you. Or

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a parent may say to their child, I'll be there

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at five, I promise. In these situations, will shows commitment,

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you know, like in those old romantic movies where the

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hero says, oh, darling, I will love you forever. It

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has the feeling of that's a promise from my heart.

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You can trust me. And here's another very natural way

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we use will in everyday conversation. When we don't have

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a fixed plan yet and we're kind of thinking out loud,

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we often say things like maybe I will or I

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think i'll For example, imagine a friend asks you, so,

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what are you doing this weekend, and you haven't really

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decided yet. You might say, I don't know. Maybe I'll

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just chill it home, or I think I'll do some

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work in the garden. In these situations, you're not talking

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about a clear plan. You're just sharing an idea or

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a possible decision in the moment. So phrases like maybe

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i'll and I think i'll are very common when you're

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thinking about the future but you haven't made a firm

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decision yet. Now, let's look at gunna, which is the casual,

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dual spoken form of going to Native speakers use gunna

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all the time in conversation, and we use gonna when

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we talk about plans that we've already decided before speaking.

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Like imagine you're talking to a friend about your evening.

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You might say, I'm gonna go to the gym after work.

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That plan already exists in your mind. Or maybe someone

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asks about your weekend plans, you might say, oh, we're

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gonna visit my parents this weekend. So gonna is very

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common when talking about planned actions. Another important use of

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will and gonna is for hopes, guessing, and predictions, and

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this is where things get really interesting. We use will

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for hopes and guesses about the future. This happens a

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lot when we talk about the weather, Like on a

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rainy morning, you might say, I really hope the rain

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will stop soon. I really want to go to the beach.

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That's just a hope. But we use gonna when we

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see evidence right now. Like imagine you look outside and

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you see dark clouds in strong wind. You might say, Ooh,

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it looks like it's gonna rain. In that situation, you're

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not just guessing or hoping, You're reacting to what you see.

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So will is often used for hopes or guesses, and

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gonna is often used for predictions based on present evidence.

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And keep one thing in mind. About going to In

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everyday conversation, Native speakers almost always pronounce it as gonna,

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not going to. Instead of saying I am going to

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call her tonight, most people say I'm gonna call her tonight.

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It's faster, smoother, and much more natural in casual speech,

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but in writing or more formal situations, we usually use

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going to. This is a key difference between spoken and

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written English. So let's recap In everyday conversational English, we

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use will for decisions we make in the moment, reactions

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and promises I'll get it, i'll help you, I'll call

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you later, And we use gunna for plans that we

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decided before speaking, I'm gonna go to the gym tonight,

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or we're gonna visit my parents. When it comes to predictions,

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we often use will for guessing and hopes like I

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really hope the rainal stop, and gonna for predictions on

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what we see, like wow, look at those clouds, it

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looks like it's gonna rain. And remember, gunna is very

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common in spoken English, while going to is more common

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in writing or formal situations. So here's your challenge this week.

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Pay attention to how people use will and gunna in conversations, movies,

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or TV shows. Notice when people say I'll do it

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versus I'm gonna do it, and try using both in

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your own conversations. And think about whether you're making a

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decision in the moment or talking about a plan. And

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keep in mind the best way to remember English like

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this and any other word or phrase in English is

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to take that word or phrase write it in a

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sentence that's true for you or true in your world,

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and then memorize your sentences. Hey, thanks for listening, and remember,

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learning another language is not easy, but it's not impossible,

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and I'm here to help you on your journey.

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