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Bookmark or Share- What exactly is "I'mma?" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeMr. Witman was quite close. However, those who've studied AAVE specifically (the dialect used in the pop lyrics he is referring to) will tell you that there is an actual tense difference between "I'm a-", "I'm a-gonna" (probably what he meant by "I'm gonna"), and "I gonna". See the nice handy table on the AAVE wiki page. This is an important ...
- "I am going to school" = "I am gonna school"? [closed]I'm gonna Portland for New Years' makes me think Portland is being used as a verb, to do something that is evocative of Portland (perhaps, drive around in a Subaru for a while and then drink a microbrew). I'm gonna the park just looks wrong; if I wanted to affect the particular speech pattern in writing, I would write something like
- "Going to go" vs "going to" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeI'm going home. (Sounds fine) I'm going bowling. (Sounds fine) I'm going running. (Sounds fine) I'm going golfing. (Sounds fine) I'm going school = awkward I'm going eating = awkward I'm going writing = awkward. Similarly for activities that can be done in many different places, let's use "watch a movie". I am going to go watch a movie.
- american english - Why does "to dip" mean "to leave"? - English ...Example: 'Fellas I'm gonna breakout because I have to meet my woman.' Tom Dalzell, Flappers 2 Rappers: American Youth Slang (1996) identifies dip as one of many terms in 1980s and early 1990s "hip hop & rap" slang used to signify that one is leaving:
- How to pronounce "I'm gonna" [closed] - English Language & Usage Stack ...In fact, even I'm gonna is an example - it is an elided form of I am going to. I'm ona and I'ma are just taking the elision further, but this isn't necessary. It should be noted that even I'm gonna is colloquial, familiar language and can seem childish/uneducated - I'm ona and I'ma even more so.
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