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Bob the Canadian here and I just wanted to talk to you today about a question you'll
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hear quite often in everyday English conversation and that question is, "What are you going
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to do?"
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You'll hear this question quite often after a statement is made like,
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"Oh no, there's no more milk in the refrigerator!"
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"What are you going to do?"
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"Oh no, I lost my dog!"
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"What are you going to do?"
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Now we don't say it that clearly in everyday English conversation.
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We actually take the first part of the question, "What are you" and we shorten it down to "What're
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ya".
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***Note this is not real english, just how it sounds.
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I know it sounds a little bit strange, "What are you" becomes "What're ya" and the second
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part of the question, "going to do" becomes "gonna do".
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So you end up with a question that sounds more like this, "What're ya gonna do?"
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"What're ya gonna do?"
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"Oh no there's no more milk in the fridge."
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"What're you gonna do?"
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"Oh no i lost my dog!"
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"What're ya gonna do?"
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And then the first part of the question also has another variation to it and that variation
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is, "Whatcha."
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So you'll often hear people say, "Whatcha gonna do?"
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"Oh no, I've lost my cat!"
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"Whatcha gonna do?"
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Well that's the question, "What are you going to do?"
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Bob the Canadian here.
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Thanks for watching.
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Grrr.
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It's cold out here today.
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Ha!