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WHAT'S THE MEANING OF " I'M GONNA GO"???? Hello, guys! For example: Monica interrupts the conversation and says: I'm gonna go. I've got a date. "I'm gonna go" means I have to go?????? Thanks

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WHAT'S THE MEANING OF " I'M GONNA GO"????

Don't use it! don't copy it - it is low class lazy uneducated language!  Same with wanna and gotta.  Don't use it ever in writing, lazy speech is one thing but in writing it is a big NO 

Hello, guys!
For example:
Monica interrupts the conversation and says:
I'm gonna go. I've got a date.

"I'm gonna go" means I have to go?????? 

Thanks
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WHAT'S THE MEANING OF " I'M GONNA GO"?

Hello, guys!
For example:
Monica interrupts the conversation and says:
"I'm gonna go. I've got a date."

"I'm gonna go" means "I have to go"??

Thanks 

I'm gonna go is an example of a periphrastic future construction. It is roughly equivalent to  I will go. MOST Americans, who have just as much class as Australians, use it all the time, instead of saying I am going to go. I agree that you should usually avoid it in writing, except when quoting dialog.

I have to go  is closer to I must go.

You can use gonna or going to in front of most verbs to form the future tense. For example:

I'm gonna kick some stuck-up Australian butt.

But gonna would NOT take the place of going to if "going" is used as the progressive tense of the verb to go.

You would NOT say I'm gonna the store.

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I had almost that exact phrase used on me on two consecutive dates with the same person. "I think, I'm gonna go" it was. I was very offended. The first evening I had cooked dinner and the person dropped that after two hours. The second time - just two days later - I actually lost my cool, which I'm not proud of, and said "well, go then!" Don't use this phrase if you want to protect a person's feelings. It is harsh, it doesn't include or consider the other person in the decision making. Needless to say, we are not dating any longer.
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Yes, the word "gonna" is short for "going to". It is referring to a destination and or a task.
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Thank you, guys! :D

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