Happy English Podcast

Hey there! It’s Michael here - and welcome back to Speak Naturally in a Minute from Happy English. I’m here every week with a quick one-point lesson to help you improve your pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation.Today, let’s look at another very common reduction in American English:  “want to.”In everyday conversation, want to becomes wanna.Do you want to go? becomes Do you wanna go?I want to eat. → I wanna eat.They want to leave early. → They wanna leave early.want to becomes wannaBUTwants to becomes wants-tuh: I wanna go, You wanna go, she wants-tuh goDon't use wanna for he, she, or it!!!Let's practice. Repeat after me. I wanna go.They wanna have itHe wants-tuh do it.She wants-tuh know why.Hey, thanks for listening! And remember to follow and subscribe so you won’t miss the next Happy English Podcast and next week’s Speak Naturally in a Minute. Until next time, keep learning and keep it cool.The Happy English PodcastHelping people speak English better since 2014Over 1,000 episodes • 8 million downloads