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finna

/ˈfɪn(n)ə/

finna verb: a modal used to express a desire or future action.

Verb

finna

  1. (Southern US, auxiliary, African-American) A modal used to express a desire or future action.
    • I'm finna go to the store.
    • Aw, dude, you finna get yo' ass whooped, mufucka.1999, Mary Pattillo-McCoy, Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril Among the Black Middle Class, →ISBN

Examples of finna in a sentence

  • I don't ask for much, but enough room to spread these wings / And the world finna know my name, now listen to me2002, “The Seed (2.0)”, in Phrenology, performed by The Roots:
  • I ain't talkin' about what you did homie, I'm talkin' about what's finna happen.2012, Cam Rascoe, Restless for Retribution: A Series of Short Stories, →ISBN, page 121:

Origin of finna

Reduction of fixing to.

Words that rhyme with finna

Questions about finna

What does finna mean?
Finna means a modal used to express a desire or future action.
How do you use finna in a sentence?
I don't ask for much, but enough room to spread these wings / And the world finna know my name, now listen to me
What part of speech is finna?
Finna is a verb.
How do you pronounce finna?
Finna is pronounced /ˈfɪn(n)ə/.

Words near finna in the dictionary

  1. Finn
  2. Finn raccoon
  3. Finn raccoons
  4. Finn saw
  5. Finn saws
  6. finna
  7. finnac
  8. finnack
  9. finnacks
  10. finnacs
  11. finnage

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