"I am going to school" = "I am gonna school"? [closed]

Solution 1:

"Gonna" is shorthand for "going to" (just like "wanna" is shorthand for "want to") but gonna is used in place of the future tense of "going to". This link explains it better.

In your example, "gonna" works if you add a word, specifically a verb.

I am gonna head to school.

Also, this:

I am gonna go to school.

Even though, if you wrote it out it would say

I am going to go to school.

Even though "gonna" is supposed to be "going to", in the sentence "I am going to school," the verb "am" (Present of to be) is an auxillary verb and combining this with "going" makes the present progressive form of to go. Uh, I guess this link could help a little here.

But from what I can tell, there's always an infinitive form in sentences where "gonna" replaces the present progressive form of "to go". The structure seems to be something like... [Present progressive form of "to go"] + [infinitive form of secondary verb] == gonna + [verb]

See these examples:

I am going to fight him to the death -> I am gonna fight him to the death

I am going to hang out at the mall -> I am gonna hang out at the mall

It's not normal, but that's what I am going to do -> It's not normal, but that's what I am gonna do