Natural pronunciation of ‘going to’ - it’s not what you think.

You probably know that we usually say gonna for ‘going to’ and wanna for ‘want to’.

• Are you gonna read all of this?

• Do you wanna read all of this?

We do this because it helps us speak more quickly. This process is called reduction and it happens in many languages. You can read more about it here: wikipedia link on linguistic reduction

However, more important is what comes next. Are you gonna what? Do you wanna what? People need to hear the next word clearly - it is your message.

In the 3-minute video below I show you how to get a natural rhythm when using going to / gonna in a sentence:

3-minute demonstration of how to pronuounce going to / gonna