How use Gonna and Wanna?

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I’d want know How use the words " Gonna and Wanna"? please!

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My advice is to avoid using these contractions until you are so comfortable in the language that they come out naturally.

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I completely agree. These always have negative connotations in my mind, but maybe that’s because I was always discouraged from using them by my parents as a child.

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This is how you use them:

Use for INPUT ONLY:
Listening Comprehension
UNDERSTAND the meaning of “gonna” and “wanna” when you hear them or read them. In listening comprehension UNDERSTAND the sound Vocaroo | Online voice recorder as someone’s pronunciation of “going to”
In listening comprehension UNDERSTAND the sound Vocaroo | Online voice recorder as someone’s pronunciation of “want to”

Reading Comprehension
UNDERSTAND “gonna” as someone’s representing “going to” with other letters, attempting to represent pronunciation with different letters.
UNDERSTAND “wanna” as someone’s representing “want to” with other letters, attempting to represent the pronunciation with different letters.

Do not deliberately use “gonna” or “wanna” in your output, neither in speaking nor in writing.

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