we're not going to be able to → we're not gonna be able ta

Q: How do native English speakers say "we're not going to be able to"?

Native speakers reduce "we're not going to be able to" to "we're not gonna be able ta" (/wɪər nɑːʔ ˈɡʌnə biː ˈeɪbəl tə/) in natural speech. We will not be capable of doing something.

Q: What is the connected speech form of "we're not going to be able to"?

"we're not going to be able to" becomes "we're not gonna be able ta" — a reduction pattern. This common phrase combines several reductions: 'we are' to 'we're', 'not' often glottalizes its 't', 'going to' becomes 'gonna', and 'able to' reduces its final 'to' to 'ta'. These changes make speech flow more smoothly.

we're not going to be able to → we're not gonna be able ta /wɪər nɑːʔ ˈɡʌnə biː ˈeɪbəl tə/ Reduction

We will not be capable of doing something.

This common phrase combines several reductions: 'we are' to 'we're', 'not' often glottalizes its 't', 'going to' becomes 'gonna', and 'able to' reduces its final 'to' to 'ta'. These changes make speech flow more smoothly.

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we're not going to be able to → we're not gonna be able ta

/wɪər nɑːʔ ˈɡʌnə biː ˈeɪbəl tə/

We will not be capable of doing something.

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Example 1

I'm afraid we're not gonna be able ta finish this on time.

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Example 2

We're not gonna be able ta make it to your party tonight.

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Example 3

Without more resources, we're not gonna be able ta meet the deadline.

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Example 4

Looks like we're not gonna be able ta get good seats now.

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Example 5

Sorry, but we're not gonna be able ta help you move.

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we're not going to be able to → we're not gonna be able ta