The first time I saw the word "finna" was in a Facebook post by one of my great-nieces (she's 36 years old). It was a strange looking word to me, a baby boomer. My first thought was that it was something she made up.
But one evening, to my surprise, as I was leaving the public library on 115th Street in Harlem, at closing time, I saw a book on a book cart with the title Finna: Poems. The book is by Nate Marshall and was published by One World in 2020.
On its back is a definition of "finna." It's described as being from African-American vernacular English and means "going to; intending to."
No doubt the word is used a lot by those involved in hip-hop culture.
Well, folks, I'm finna sign off, bringing this blog post to a close.
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