wanna, gonna, gotta

[lukaszh]

I want to ask you. What is the meaning of these words: WANNA, GONNA, GOTTA. When I should use in sentence?

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[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by lukaszh

I want to ask you. What is the meaning of these words: WANNA, GONNA, GOTTA. When I should use in sentence?

wanna = want to
gonna = going to
gotta = got to

These are shortenings that occur in casual rapid speech. You will want to avoid them in almost all writing, except the very casual.

[BobK]

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

wanna = want to
gonna = going to
gotta = got to

These are shortenings that occur in casual rapid speech. You will want to avoid them in almost all writing, except the very casual.

This answer made me think of canna, which is similarly an abbreviation but is used in some regions (some northern and all Scottish, I think) for 'cannot'.

b

PS - most learners won't meet this - I only mention it because, if anyone does, the apparent analogy of wanna willna be very helpful.

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by BobK

This answer made me think of canna, which is similarly an abbreviation but is used in some regions (some northern and all Scottish, I think) for 'cannot'.

b

PS - most learners won't meet this - I only mention it because, if anyone does, the apparent analogy of wanna willna be very helpful.

Let's not forget woulda, coulda, shoulda, dontcha, wontcha, cantcha.