Guest  +  913 Tue, 17 Jun 03 07:01 AM "i'm gonna do something" means going to right? Guest

	hitchhiker  +  914 Tue, 17 Jun 03 07:02 AM Lol! Second slang in a day! Yep, 'gonna' is short for 'going to' hitchhiker Joined on Mon, Nov 18 2002 Richmond, UK Senior Member 4,036 Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement...

	Teacher Eric  +  62546 Mon, 20 Dec 04 08:34 PM Don't forget to put a verb after the "going to", otherwise you can't pronounce it as /gonna/. Many pronounce it as /goin tuh/, too. Subject + be + going to + verb (+ noun) He's going to cook (dinner). If you put a noun (place) after the "going to", you can only pronounce it as /going to/ or /going tuh/. Subject + be + going to + noun He's going to school. Remember that /gonna/ and /goin tuh/ are only supposed to be used in speech. It's fairly common for people to use them, along with other reduced pronunciations, in writing to save on time and energy. My advice is to please make an effort to use the entire term-no sense in developing bad habits while learning a language. (Ok, you may use them when sending SMS!) Teacher Eric Joined on Mon, Aug 16 2004 Full Member 171 Manila-based ESL/ESP teacher with a TESOL. Hoping to get a "Pass" in the DELTA. Verbs, Nouns

	HaffiezMike  +  117958 Wed, 13 Jul 05 12:35 PM  Guest wrote: "i'm gonna do something" means going to right? I wanna go there = I want to go there So, wanna = want to gimme = give me lemme = let me kinda = kinda of sorta = sort of HaffiezMike Joined on Fri, Jul 9 2004 KL, Malaysia Junior Member 67 I'd be happy to help you guys but I warn : I'm the kind of person who can easily gets confused :) and I'm not so native but been speaking British English since I was...

	yulysess  +  117968 Wed, 13 Jul 05 12:54 PM shoulda=should have p.p musta=must have p.p coulda=could have p.p. sko= let's go  etc.etc.     yulysess Joined on Fri, Jun 3 2005 Full Member 173 Practise what you preach

	Dehbaash  +  117978 Wed, 13 Jul 05 01:46 PM Quote: " The meaning of 'Gonna'" "He's a gonna" means, "he's going to die soon" or "he is going to be killed/murdered soon.". (If we are going to indulge in slang lingo, we might as well get immersed to the full.) Dehbaash Joined on Wed, Jun 22 2005 Full Member 140

	Clive  +  117988 Wed, 13 Jul 05 02:15 PM Hi guys, "He's a gonna" means, "he's going to die soon"  No, the normal slang expression here is 'He's a gonner'. 'Gonna' is a verb form, and the word here is a noun. It can also be used for things - 'This TV is a gonner, I have to buy a new one'. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,627 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Verbs, Nouns