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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 wanna
BUT
wants to becomes wants-tuh: 
I wanna go, You wanna go, she wants-tuh go
Don't use wanna for he, she, or it!!!

Let's practice. Repeat after me. 
I wanna go.
They wanna have it
He wants-tuh do it.
She wants-tuh know why.

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