Aussie here, what is with saying finna?

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1. Finna is short for fixing to.

2. I’m intending to.

   I’m fixing to.

   I’m fixin tuh.

   I’m finna.

3. We are all fish.

4. Curiously, “fixin’ to” seems to be a southern US phrase, but finna seems to have spread cross-country.

5. I’ve never heard finna.

6. Never heard that before. Huh.

7. I’ve seen it on the internet, but have never heard anyone say it.

   I thought it was some new slang the kids are saying

8. It’s southern slang.

9. I grew up in Oklahoma and thought it was part of the official lexicon until I wrote a school paper and got the big red circle.

10. I don’t even know what that means. I’ve never heard anyone off of a meme use that ‘word’.

11. It comes from “fixing to”. It was (at least originally) regional in the South and also AAVE. It is not a word that you’d hear everywhere / in every context; I hadn’t heard it until I lived in South Carolina.

12. finna originally as AAVE but a lot of people have adapted it into their vocabulary as many AAVE sayings has become pretty mainstream.

13. C’mon mate, this isn’t rocket surgery. It comes from “I’m fixing to”. Fixing what? That’s a good question. Come back tomorrow.

14. Finna is black slang in my region. I say “gonna”

15. I’m finna get wasted. I’m finna go hit up this girl. I’m finna go burn this house down.

16. “Fixin to get ready to..” is a Southernism. I’m going to do this but now now

17. I’ve never even heard of finna in california

18. It’s origin has been explained. As an Upper Midwesterner, “fixing to” was never common around here, and “finna” seems to be more common amongst black people and younger white people who imitate them.

19. “Fixing to” is a Southern phrase that means “about to.”

    “Finna” is an abbreviated, slang method of delivery.

20. No clue, nobody in my social circle says this in the PNW.

21. “I’m gonna go to the store” = going to, time of actual departure unknown

    “I’m finna go to the store” = fixing to, time of actual departure is once I have my shoes on and find my car keys.

22. finna is short for “fixing to” which is a southern way of saying, “about to.”

23. I think this is the stupidest use of slang it just sounds moronic. But I’m a 47 year old woman so that’s probably due to my approach to old fart-dom.

24. Pure ignorance. If I hear “finna” I know that I’m listening to somebody with half an operating brain cell and just tune out.

25. I never really hear it

26. The people saying it’s southern slang, idk where you’ve been hearing it but I’ve lived in GA/SC/NC all my life and I’ve never heard anyone say this. We all say “gonna”. The only time I’ve heard “finna” is that annoying tictok girl “I’m finna be in the pit” girl.

27. I have honestly never heard of that

28. a phonetic spelling representing the African American Vernacular English variant of fixing to, a phrase commonly used in Southern U.S. dialects to mark the immediate future while indicating preparation or planning already in progress

29. It appears to be a contraction from the southern “fixin’ to,” meaning “going to.”

30. When I read the headline, the thought in my head was Y’all finna LEARN!

31. I knew what it meant, but I don’t know anyone who uses this expression.

32. “Fixing to”

33. Fixing to

34. It’s mostly AAVE. You probably shouldn’t use it.

35. “Fixing to” is predominantly a southern US phrase that means “about to.”

    I’m fixing to leave the store is the same thing as I’m about to leave the store.

    Because Southern American English and African American Vernacular English have a lot of overlap, sometimes certain southern phrases become mainstream because they sound cool when certain people say them.

36. I have never heard the term “Finna”. “Fixin’ To” is the term used if you are not going to use “Gonna” or the actual proper English.

37. I have no idea why people say that instead of “I’m going to”, but more power to them.

    I believe it comes from the Southern phrase “I’m fixin(g) to” which generally means “I’m going to” or “I am thinking about doing something”

38. OH GOD this comment section!! LMAO 😬

39. African-American Vernacular Engish (AAVE), meaning “I’m fixing to” (“I intend to”).

40. It’s just ghetto speak that sadly gets used too much.

41. It’s an AAVE(African American Vernacular English) phrase that means “I’m gonna”.

    Like a lot of AAVE phrases it’s incorrectly attributed to Gen Z. It’s actually been around forever.

42. Just short for “fixing to”.