Does he really say Hey, it's gonna be $500?

svetlana14

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8:5. Does he really say Hey, it's gonna be $500?
 

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At 8:05, does he really say "Hey, it's gonna be $500"?
I think so, yes. He says "it's gonna" very fast, in the same way that I believe some AmE speakers say "Imma" for "I'm going to/I'm gonna". It has far fewer syllables when spoken than you would expect. I don't know if rushing "It's gonna" is common amongst AmE speakers but I think the subtitles are correct.

Note my corrections in the quote box. I think I mentioned to you before that you need to be careful with how you write timestamps. "8:5" means nothing. It's either "8:05" (eight minutes and five seconds) or "8:50" (eight minutes and fifty seconds). Just copy how it's written at the bottom of the video. When you play the video, you can clearly see how the times are written.
 

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It could well be that he says That's going to be ...
 

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Using my best headphones it definitely sounded like "that's" not "it's" to me.
 
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