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> I will what I wantAs is (without any verb after "will"), one possible translation would be 我求我所欲.
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「求」 (seek / want )is still a verb added to the original incomplete phrase. The original sentence without verb would be 「我將，我所欲」it wouldn't make sense, only make people think the writer is either very...
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If you don't realise that "will" is itself a verb, please look up an English dictionary and find out what it means as a verb. As for 求, if you don't realise that it can mean "will" (as a verb), please...
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I know " to will" something is to somehow using magical power to mentally make something to become true, but normal English speakers don't talk like that. whenever we see "I will", we typically expect...
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> English speakers don't talk like thatHave you looked up any English dictionary yet? If not, please do that, and then report back to the forum what "will" means as a verb. Then people can judge...
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QuoteMr. K > English speakers don't talk like thatHave you looked up any English dictionary yet? If not, please do that, and then report back to the forum what "will" means as a verb. Then people...
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QuoteMr. K > English speakers don't talk like thatHave you looked up any English dictionary yet? If not, please do that, and then report back to the forum what "will" means as a verb. Then people...
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QuoteTang Ok. I won't call this phrase corny and you stop questioning my knowedge in basic English.After all those big talks of "'I will what I want' is not a complete sentence" and "English speakers...
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QuoteMr. K QuoteTang Ok. I won't call this phrase corny and you stop questioning my knowedge in basic English.After all those big talks of "'I will what I want' is not a complete sentence" and...
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> just because will can be verb doesn't mean you can abuse it in normal sentence.Are you now calling a meaningful and grammatical sentence an "abuse"? If you want people to stop questioning your...
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QuoteMr. K > just because will can be verb doesn't mean you can abuse it in normal sentence.Are you now calling a meaningful and grammatical sentence an "abuse"? If you want people to stop...
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> shorten to 「有志在，夢成真」The sentence said "will" and "want," nothing about "dream" or even "dream come true." I don't think you get it.
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> you changed the rule- saying it is a commerical phraseNo, I didn't change any rule. I just gave an example to show that "English speakers" do speak such as a sentence. Whether it is commercial is...
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QuoteMr. K > shorten to 「有志在，夢成真」The sentence said "will" and "want," nothing about "dream" or even "dream come true." I don't think you get it.I suggested "What I want " make more sense if we...
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I think "I will what I want" is a great phrase. It's creative and plays with language. It sounds like the common phrase "I will do what I want", but by omitting the "do" it turns the auxilary verb...
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QuoteSimon Pettersson I think "I will what I want" is a great phrase. It's creative and plays with language. It sounds like the common phrase "I will do what I want", but by omitting the "do" it turns...
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QuoteSimon Pettersson I think "I will what I want" is a great phrase. It's creative and plays with language. It sounds like the common phrase "I will do what I want", but by omitting the "do" it turns...
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Another suggestion I have is just play with the idiom 「為所欲為」(do whatever I want) and make it 「志所欲為」 ( mind set on what I want / set goal on what I want) the idiom has an egocentric feeling to it, but...
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> [...]「志所欲為」 ( mind set on what I want / set goal on what I want)Until you can find a dictionary to show that 志 can be used as a verb, your suggestion is not even grammatical.
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I think the original English sentence sounds very strange and incomplete. You can have "will obj. to verb," "will object into being," "will obj. away" to will something without saying what you are...
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