| gonna Jul 28th 2011, 01:32 Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary (Difference between revisions) | | | | Line 20: | Line 20: | | | | | | ====Usage notes==== | | ====Usage notes==== | | - | * ''Gonna'' is a very common pronunciation of the phrase "''going to''", meaning ''will'', as in "''I '''will''' run.''" ''Gonna'' is never used to pronounce "''going to''" when it is used in the context of physically moving to another location, as in "''I am '''going to''' the mall.''" | + | * This spelling, like any eye dialect spelling, risks appearing condescending. Even when {{term|going to|lang=en}} has the pronunciation that {{term||gonna|lang=en}} denotes, it is usually spelled <going to>. | | | + | * {{term||Gonna|lang=en}}, like the pronunciation it denotes, only occurs when the sense is roughly "will" or "shall"; hence "I'm gonna go now", but not *"I'm gonna the mall." | | | | | | ====See also==== | | ====See also==== |
Latest revision as of 01:32, 28 July 2011 [edit] English [edit] Alternative forms [edit] Etymology Written form of a reduction of "going to" [edit] Pronunciation - (US) IPA: /ˈɡʌ.nə/
- Homophones: gunner (non-rhotic accents)
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[edit] Contraction gonna - (with bare infinitive) Eye dialect spelling of going to: used to express a future action.
- 1987, Stock Aitken Waterman (writers), Rick Astley (singer), "Never Gonna Give You Up" (song), in Whenever You Need Somebody (album), RCA Records (label), refrain:
- Never gonna give you up, / Never gonna let you down, / Never gonna run around and desert you. / Never gonna make you cry, / Never gonna say goodbye, / Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
[edit] Usage notes - This spelling, like any eye dialect spelling, risks appearing condescending. Even when going to has the pronunciation that gonna denotes, it is usually spelled <going to>.
- Gonna, like the pronunciation it denotes, only occurs when the sense is roughly "will" or "shall"; hence "I'm gonna go now", but not *"I'm gonna the mall."
[edit] See also
[edit] Italian [edit] Pronunciation gonna f. (plural gonne) - skirt
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