American "gonna"

Carter   Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:46 pm GMT
Hi guys,
what is the correct expression:
"I'm gonna sleep" or
"I gonna sleep"?

I think it's the first one, but is the second completely wrong?
chungo   Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:52 pm GMT
"I gonna" is today what "I'm gonna" was some decades ago.
dnt   Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:06 am GMT
'I'm gonna sleep' would be more acceptable, where as 'I gonna sleep' would be seen as low-class/uneducated by some because of the grammar
Carter   Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:06 am GMT
I'm wondering, because I'm into Poker and I heard many people saying "I'm gonna check" instead of "I gonna check".
Trimac20   Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:42 am GMT
Whether 'I gonna' is wrong is a matter of debate, I think it loses none of it's meaning. Both mean exactly the same thing. I am GOING to.
again   Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:17 am GMT
I've never heard a native speaker say *"I gonna..."--at least not Americans. Maybe they do that in Britain.
threadster   Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:46 am GMT
It's more like:

I gon'

I gon' ki' you muddafukka!
Raiders Fan   Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:52 am GMT
The only people who would say "I gonna" are uneducated blacks. Intelligent people would never say something like that.
pedro   Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:30 am GMT
i'm gonna = ə mənə

an extreme assimilation
Guest   Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:55 am GMT
Some people shorten "I'm gonna" to "I'm 'a". It can be seen in the Kanye West meme "I'ma let you finish."
Kesington Palace   Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:56 am GMT
Why is it spelled gonna anyway, the pronunciation is gunna (like gun).
Raiders Fan   Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:32 am GMT
Guest, what "some people?" The only people who talk like that are uneducated blacks. There's no reason an ESL student should learn such nasty barbaric ways of talking.
feati   Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:21 pm GMT
Does /"aIm@n@/ /ˈaɪmənə/ for "I'm gonna" sound uneducated?
again   Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:28 pm GMT
Raiders Fan suck my big fat one you tramp..!!
uk   Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:31 pm GMT
It is " i'm going to" Speak the real English not that USA shite.. you usa tramps..!!