The future in the past

Sometimes we make plans for the future, but the plans don't actually happen. Speakers of English use was/were + 'going to' + base verb (without 'to') to look back at the plans we made but didn't do.

I was going to visit my uncle in Thailand last Spring, but I couldn't afford a ticket.
I was going to wash the dishes, but there wasn't enough time.
I was going to go to Poland for Christmas, but I stayed in France.

Time expressions can be used if the speaker wants to say when the action should have happened.
I was going to visit my uncle in Thailand last Spring.

But it is not always necessary to use a time expression.
I was going to wash the dishes.
I was going to meet a gorgeous man.
He was going to be funny, and rich too.

When the subject of the sentence is I/he/she/it, use 'was'.
I was going to meet a gorgeous man. He was going to be funny, and rich too.

When the subject of the sentence is you/we/they, use 'were'.
We were going to get married.

In spoken English, the phrase 'going to' can be pronounced word by word, especially when speaking slowly, or in formal situations.

However, in faster speech (also known as connected speech), or in less formal situations, 'going to' is often pronounced as 'gunna'

In addition, the pronunciation of 'was' becomes 'wuz'(rhymes with 'buzz') and 'were' becomes 'wuh'(rhymes with 'the')

Alice uses this informal pronunciation style when she says:
'I wuz gunna meet a gorgeous man
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Now listen to Alice using more formal pronunciation.
'I was going to meet a gorgeous man.'

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'He wuz gunna be funny.'
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'He was going to be funny.'

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'.we wuh gunna get married and everything.'
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'we were going to get married and everything'

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For more information about pronunciation in connected speech, see the BBC Learning English pronunciation webpage