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Gonna vs Nonna - What's the difference?

gonna | nonna |

As a contraction gonna

is (with bare infinitive).

As a noun nonna is

(dialectal) grandmother.

gonna

English

Alternative forms

* gon * gunna

Contraction

(en-cont)
  • (with bare infinitive)
  • * 1987', (album), RCA Records (label), refrain:
    • Never gonna' give you up, / Never '''gonna''' let you down, / Never '''gonna''' run around and desert you. / Never '''gonna''' make you cry, / Never '''gonna''' say goodbye, / Never ' gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

    Usage notes

    * This spelling, like any nonstandard spelling, risks appearing condescending. Even when going to has the pronunciation that denotes, it is usually spelled <going to>. * , like the pronunciation it denotes, only occurs when indicating a future tense (something that is bound to happen or is planned); hence “I’m gonna go now”, but not *“I’m gonna the mall.”

    See also

    * (particle) * coulda * gotta * shoulda * wanna * woulda * I'mma English non-constituents ----

    nonna

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal) grandmother
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=July 29, author=Alex Witchel, title=Borscht: What Would Nana Say?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=An article last month in The Daily News talked about Enoteca Maria, a restaurant in Staten Island that has no professional chef, just a rotating roster of eight nonnas , or grandmothers, from different regions of Italy. }} ----