How to pronounce gotta

Listen to gotta in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“gotta” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 559 American · 21 British · 56 Australian · 10 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. but i gotta i gotta take this

    Thoze People Entertainment · hear it here

  2. - [Gene] We gotta, we gotta go back there!

    Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here

  3. WE GOTTA KEEP GOING, WE GOTTA KEEP PUSHING.

    The Atlantic · hear it here

  4. because tigers gotta sleep, and birds gotta land, and man gotta tell himself he understand.

    CrashCourse · hear it here

Why real speech

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