Learn English – You gonna vs You’re gonna

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I'm writing some informal texts with some slang words, and I've been wondering if I should put "are" after "you" in some of them:

1- "You gonna lose that key." or "You're gonna lose that key."
2- "You gonna buy that car?" or "You're gonna buy that car?"

Best Answer

Before I answer the question can I note that, unless you are transcribing speech, the correct spelling is "going to". In spoken English we often say /ˈɡən.ə/, but in written English always write "going to", unless you are transcribing spoken English.

As noted by an editor of Wiktionary

This spelling, like any nonstandard spelling, risks appearing condescending. Even when going to has the pronunciation that gonna denotes, it is usually spelled . —source

Standard English Grammar requires a form of the verb "to be", so

You gonna lose that key.

is incorrect grammar. It may be acceptable in some dialects, but not in standard English.

As noted above "gonna" is not the standard spelling, so you should write

You're going to lose that key.

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