The pattern
"Wanna" is "want to" at conversation speed. "I wanna go home" means "I want to go home", spoken normally. Like "gonna", it is for the ear and the mouth, not for the page: say it to friends and colleagues, write "want to" in anything formal.
It works for you, we, they and the question form: "Do you wanna come?" Third person is the exception. "She wants to" does not become "she wanna", because the -s gets in the way. And "wanna" only replaces "want to" plus a verb. "I want a coffee" has no "to", so nothing changes.
Say it out loud
Tap a sentence to hear it. Say it after the voice.
"Do you wanna" is the everyday invitation. Learn it as one piece.
In casual speech the "do" often disappears: "You wanna sit here?"
Check yourself
Practice · 3 min
Say what you want, casually. Prompt on the left, one natural spoken sentence on the right.
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Say it today
Use it once in a real conversation before tomorrow. Out loud counts, even to yourself.