different between gonna vs wanna

English

Alternative forms

• gon
• gon'
• gunna
• gonner, gunner

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of going to. The pronunciation of present participles with the sound n rather than ng has a long history (see g-dropping on Wikipedia).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???n.?/, /???n.?/; (unstressed) IPA^(key): /??n.?/
• (AAVE) IPA^(key): [?õ]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /??n.?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???n.?/
• Homophones: gunner (non-rhotic accents)

Contraction

gonna

1. (colloquial, with bare infinitive) Contraction of going to when followed by an infinitive verb: used to express a future action.

   • Never gonna give you up, / Never gonna let you down, / Never gonna run around and desert you. / Never gonna make you cry, / Never gonna say goodbye, / Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

Usage notes

• This spelling, like any nonstandard spelling, risks appearing condescending. Even when going to has the pronunciation that gonna denotes, it is usually spelled <going to>.
• Gonna, like the pronunciation it denotes, only occurs when going to is a modal verb indicating a future tense (something that is bound to happen or is planned), and not for lexical uses of "going to" (i.e. the verb go followed by a prepositional phrase beginning with to). Thus, one says, I’m gonna go now, but *I’m gonna the mall is not observed. (In such contexts, I’m going to the mall is said, with going to pronounced more fully, e.g. IPA^(key): /??o??? ??/, /??o??n?/.) The same is true of other modal verb contractions such as shoulda, woulda, or coulda (e.g. She shoulda come with us but not *She shoulda some patience).

See also

• to (particle)
• coulda
• gotta
• shoulda
• wanna
• woulda
• I'm 'onna
• I'mma

Anagrams

• angon

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin gunna (“leather garment”). Compare English gown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???n.na/

Noun

gonna f (plural gonne)

1. skirt

Derived terms

• gonnellino
• minigonna

English

Pronunciation

• (preconsonantal)
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?w?.n?/, /?w?.n?/
• (prevocalic)
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?w?.nu/, /?w?.nu/
• Rhymes: -?n?

Contraction

wanna

1. (informal) Represents a contracted pronunciation of want to.

   I wanna go home!

2. (informal) Represents a contracted pronunciation of want a.

   I wanna puppy!

Usage notes

The spoken contractions are widespread in everyday informal speech. The written contractions are inappropriate outside very casual writing or transcription of casual speech. They are common in transcriptions of pop song lyrics.

Wanna is less commonly and less regularly used as a contraction of wants to and wants a.

Derived terms

• wanna contraction

See also

• gonna
• gotta

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?n?n?/

Noun

wanná f 

1. heart

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 74

Old High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vannus.

Noun

wanna f

1. tub

Descendants

• Middle High German: [Term?]
  • German: Wanne
    • ? Estonian: vann
    • ? Russian: ?????? (vánna) (see there for further descendants)
  • Yiddish: ??????? (vane)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowing from early Modern High German Wanne or its Middle High German etymon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?van.na/, [?van?a]

Noun

wanna f

1. bath, bathtub

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) wannowy

Further reading

• wanna in Polish dictionaries at PWN