Search

Home > Learn English > Gonna and Gotta
Podcast: Learn English
Episode:

Gonna and Gotta
Category: Education
Duration: 00:01:14
Publish Date: 2016-05-15 21:47:04
Description: Gonna and Gotta In informal English conversation, we often use shorter, versions of common word combinations. One of the most common is ‘gonna’ - short for ‘going to’. When we say the words ‘going to’ very quickly, they run together and sound like ‘gonna’. So ‘Are you going to wash the car today?’ becomes: B: ‘Are you gonna wash the car today?’ And ‘We are going to go home for dinner.’ becomes: ‘We’re gonna go home for dinner.’ We also shorten ‘got to’ so it sounds more like ‘gotta.’ Here, ‘got to’ means ‘have to’ or ‘must’: So ‘I have got to wash the car today,’ becomes: ‘I’ve gotta wash the car today.’ And ‘I have got to go home for dinner,’ becomes: ‘I’ve gotta go home for dinner.’ Flickr CC: Bark
Total Play: 0

Users also like

10+ Episodes
learn englis .. 100+     20+
40+ Episodes
Learn Englis .. 30+     10+