Use Of '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: 'Are you gonna wash the car today?’
'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.’
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