How do native English speakers say "what are you going to do"?

Native speakers reduce "what are you going to do" to "whaddaya gonna do" (/wɑdəjə gʌnə du/) in natural speech. What is your intention to do; what will you do?

what are you going to do → whaddaya gonna do

Q: What is the connected speech form of "what are you going to do"?

"what are you going to do" becomes "whaddaya gonna do" — a compression pattern. This common phrase compresses through several reductions: 'what are you' becomes 'whaddaya' with a flapped 't' and reduced vowels, and 'going to' becomes 'gonna'.

what are you going to do → whaddaya gonna do /wɑdəjə gʌnə du/ Compression

What is your intention to do; what will you do?

This common phrase compresses through several reductions: 'what are you' becomes 'whaddaya' with a flapped 't' and reduced vowels, and 'going to' becomes 'gonna'.

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what are you going to do → whaddaya gonna do

/wɑdəjə gʌnə du/

What is your intention to do; what will you do?

This common phrase compresses through several reductions: 'what are you' becomes 'whaddaya' with a flapped 't' and reduced vowels, and 'going to' becomes 'gonna'.

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Example 1

Hey, whaddaya gonna do this weekend?

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Example 2

The boss just left, so whaddaya gonna do now?

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Example 3

If it rains, whaddaya gonna do about the picnic?

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Example 4

My car broke down again, whaddaya gonna do?

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Example 5

Well, he's always like that, whaddaya gonna do?

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what are you going to do → whaddaya gonna do