Is there an inflected form of "wanna"?

Ugh, why wouldn’t you say “wants to”?

Proper grammar is hot. Why wouldn’t you want to use it?

“He wan’ see that movie.”

Or “He wantsta see that movie.”

@KatetheGreat, I think you mean “wansta.” Don’t get too much enunciation in there, or you’re gonna sound pretentious.

No, since it is not a word.

@Jeruba That’s what I was going for. Thanks :)

That guy over there really wants to see that movie.
sorry, I am unable to use improper grammar.

@KatetheGreat You had me at your impeccable spelling and correct use of grammar.

@MyNewtBoobs ::faints:: Oh, you!

I think the collective ought to christen a special award in @ellbur‘s honor. Here’s a jelly who joined on August 5th, 2009, and managed to make it to today with only four points on the board, three of which I just gave him with a GQ. If I’d noticed sooner, I’m not sure I’d have chosen to spoil the purity of his record. His almost monastic austerity when it comes to lurve can only excite admiration. Truly I am not being one bit facetious. Rather, I just think this is a remarkable feat and one worth pausing to recognize.

@Jeruba gawping.

@Jeruba Oh, how I lurve you.

The Prodigal Jelly

For returning after a significant amount of time just to ask one question.

You may have deduced this already, but Fluther probably isn’t the best place to ask for help with improper language. ;)

What, Auggie, we didn’t give good answers?

I think we ought to be able to apply a logical extension of grammatical principles to any locution.

@Jeruba Damn straight we ought to have that ability.

Well, you guys are… an interesting bunch, but you answered my question, so thank you very much ;) On some reflection I realize I tend towards a word sounding more like “wassa”, though I think “wan” and “wansta” could work equally well.

@ellbur Stick around and you’ll see how interesting we really are ;)

@ellbur We’re White and Nerdy.

Since when was wanna “improper grammar”? It’s just casual pronunciation.

@morphail Yes, but it’s not a real word; rather, it’s colloquial slang. You couldn’t use it in a paper you turned in. “Want to” is proper, “wanna” is improper.

@MyNewtBoobs English has no governing body that decides what words are real and what words aren’t. wanna is used and understand by millions of speakers, that makes it real as far as I’m concerned. You’re right, I couldn’t use it in a paper, because it’s not formal English. But “informal” doesn’t mean “incorrect”.

Anyway, if you want an authority, the OED has an entry for wanna.

@morphail Well, you have fun making that case to any professor, ever. “Me house is on fire” is understood by tons of people, but is not proper. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t be able to use it in everyday life, I use it all the time. I’m saying it’s not proper. Like white before Memorial Day.

You’re right, OED does have an entry. It says “representative colloquial pronunciation of want to or want”.

I don’t want to make the case to a professor. I think we both agree that it’s informal. My point is that it is as real a word as any other word. It’s “improper” in the same way a T-shirt is “improper”.

@morphail Ok, if I say that the term “real” was a bad choice of words, can we move on?

What’s with everyone on Fluther arguing about stupid shit tonight?

@KatetheGreat Right? Bitches be trippin’

@MyNewtBoobs I might just start handing out free tampons and telling everyone to shove ‘em!

@KatetheGreat And now there’s Boones Farm on my monitor…

@MyNewtBoobs Hahahahaha SUCKS.

@morphail, wanna ride in my wagon? I’ll pull.

Maybe “improper” was an improper word choice. Let’s go with “slang”.

@augustlan Except, improper is more accurate than slang, if what we’re talking about is the usefulness of Fluther. I think most of us love finding new words to express ourselves with; what we don’t want is, well, “me house is on fire” and other grammatical errors that make us have flashbacks to our strict grade school English teachers.

@MyNewtBoobs I just said “me house is on fire” in a really quirky Irish accent. That totally made my night.

Wantz tuz or wanta maybe?

Or you could just abuse language another time where it’s more convenient and you don’t have to trow very hard about it.

Just a thought.

He wansa see it read bad. If I hadda wanna seen it, I’d have accompanied him.

Paleface want see heap big moving image on big screen um. How!

@ucme Hahaha, how barbaric!

@KatetheGreat Yeah, just call me Conan the Barbecue. I’m sizzling tonight XD

I wanna dance, dance with somebody. But she don’t wanna dance with me.

I don’t wanna dance with you, but he don’t wanna dance with you neither. So I’m gonna wanna, just this time.

After 2½ years, this question surfaced again, and I realized that we omitted a whole class of inflections.

I submit that the past tense of “wanna” is “wannida”:

I wannida get there early, but we ran into a lot of traffic.

He wannida know what was for dinner.

Past perfect is “hadda wannida.”

I hope this isn’t too late to be of help to someone.

@Jeruba I thought you were joking until I realized that that was a short i. Yes, it is wannida! I’m sure that will come in handy.