wanna / gonna/wannabee/gotta

whoseen · 2015-05-15, 16:25

salam
wanna / gonna/wannabee/gotta

Wanna and gonna are frequently used in speech in informal colloquial English, particularly American English, instead of want to and going to. You will also see them used in writing in quotes of direct speech to show the conversational pronunciation of want to and going to.

Gonna : to express the going to form of the future is used with first second and third person singular and plural. Note that in the interrogative, are is omitted in second person singular and first and second person plural

What we gonna do now? (= What are we going to do now?)
Don't know about you two. I'm gonna put my feet up and take a break.
We're gonna carry on and try and get there before dark.

What's he gonna wear on his wedding day?
~ I dunno. But he's gonna look real smart.

Wanna : can be used with all persons singular and plural, except third person singular. This is because wanna scans with I want to, you want to, we want to, they want to, but not with he/she wants to where the final s is too intrusive:

What you wanna do now? (Instead of: What do you want to do now?)
I wanna go home. My mum and dad are waiting for me and they wanna go out.

You'll never give up gambling. I'm sure of that. ~ You wanna bet?
(which means: Do you want to place a bet on that?)

a wannabee

This term derives originally from the US, but is now used extensively in British English. A wannabee (literally a want-to-be) is someone who is trying to copy somebody else. Usually the person they are trying to copy is somebody famous.

gotta
Gotta is used in a similar way to gonna and wanna, in this case to show the conversational pronunciation of have got to, or as informal alternatives to have to or must. It is not so much used in the interrogative:

Don't go out there tonight. It's really dangerous.
~ A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do

I gotta / I've gotta phone home right now. My mum'll be worried.
You gotta / You've gotta get changed right away. The match starts in five minutes.

نارينا · 2015-05-16, 00:11

sammi2015 · 2015-05-19, 22:17

very nice
Thanksssssss

وجدان الخواطر~ · 2015-05-24, 21:45

asalamu alaykum
yes I Remember when i was 14 years old , i was very confused about these words , and i was listening carefully to movies and try to understand what they actually mean... and after a while i did understand them well by my self!!

خديـجة · 2015-05-25, 21:07

Salam..
Thank you so much for this useful and beautiful post!
But I actually want to correct smth to you.
The rule of "GONNA" isn't : going to
It is "Be going to"
For example: I'm gonna go to school at eight. = I'm going to go to school.

Thanks again.

خديـجة · 2015-05-25, 21:09

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Salam..
Thank you so much for this useful and beautiful post!
But I actually want to correct smth to you.
The rule of "GONNA" isn't : going to
It is "Be going to"
For example: I'm gonna go to school at eight. = I'm going to go to school.

Thanks again.

Sorry but I meant : gonna is an abbreviation of "Going to"
Sorry Sorry Sorry