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Hasibul Alam Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

What is the meaning of gonna be? It’s from a movie dialogue

Now I'm gonna be rolling in the dough.

  

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'Gonna' is a slang way of saying 'going to'. It isn't formal and is never written in anything other than casual 'text-speak'. In this case, a character is 'going to be rolling in the dough'.

— David Hatton

  • 'Gonna' is a slang way of saying 'going to'.
  • It isn't formal and is never written in anything other than casual 'text-speak'.
  • In this case, a character is 'going to be rolling in the dough'.
  • 'Dough', again, is slang - it means money.
  • The character thinks that (s)he is going to have a lot of money.
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'Gonna' is a slang way of saying 'going to'. It isn't formal and is never written in anything other than casual 'text-speak'.

In this case, a character is 'going to be rolling in the dough'. 'Dough', again, is slang - it means money. The character thinks that (s)he is going to have a lot of money.

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