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Tue, 22 Jan 08 04:18 PM
I'm so sorry, I posted before reading the second page of this lively discussion. I really didn't have anything new to contribute, did I?
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Anonymous,
1 yr 277 days ago
"I'mma" is definitely "I am going to"
It sounds similar to "I'm a", but to write that as "I'mma" would be a mistake. They sound essentially the same, but "I'm a" is correct for its meaning while "I'mma" is slang for something else.
"I will" has close to the same meaning, but it would be best to treat it as "I am going to."
It even "evolved" from "I am going to":
I am going to -> I’m going to -> I’m gonna -> I’munna -> I’mma
Anonymous,
1 yr 209 days ago
OF COURSE IT MEANS : I'm GOIN' TO !! NO "i'm a " lol
Anonymous,
1 yr 27 days ago
better in time "leona lewis" It's been the longest winter without you I didnt know where to turn to See somehow I cant forget you After all that we've been through go in, come in thought i heard a knock who's there? no one thinking that i deserved it now i realize that i really didnt know you didnt notice, you mean everything quickly im learning, to love again all i know is, i'mma be ok I definitely think I'mma means "I am goint to" there are more songs with these phrase but this is the most popular one
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Verb_aTIM
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Wed, 31 Dec 08 01:08 AM
Okay, if " I'mma" really mean "I am going to", so then the best way to put it would be : "I'mgnna".
I'mgnna buy that one!
Don't you think so? I mean, american speakers are addicted to contracting everything possible. TIM
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Kooyeen
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Wed, 31 Dec 08 02:16 PM
 Verb_aTIM“Okay, if "I'mma" really mean "I am going to", so then the best way to put it would be: "I'mgnna".
I'mgnna buy that one!
Don't you think so?”
Nope, because there's actually no "g" in the contraction. Imma, Immuna, I'm gonna, I'm going to. 
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Grammar Geek
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Wed, 31 Dec 08 02:19 PM
K - Imma gonna get you an iguana.
Disclaimer: I just thought you'd enjoy hearing that. I have no intention of sending reptiles across the Atlantic.
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Anonymous,
60 days ago
In one of her latest songs, Whitney Houston ("call you tonight") sings:
I'mma call you tonight
I will baby
Just as soon as I get home
So "I'mma" is definetly a sort of contraction of "I will" or "I'm going to".
Considering W. Houston's increasing use of black slang forms, I would say it's a vernacular english form
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