TSUMUGU · TBCL 2 (est.) · 語法
要
grammar point · tier 1 · 要 future intention (be going to / plan to)
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Auxiliary before a verb: a settled plan to do the action soon.
Hook inherited from 要.
Auxiliary before a verb
框 · Frame
[subj] 要 [verb (phrase)]
觸 · Trigger
You have an action lined up for the near future and want to put it forward as the plan.
序 · The move
1name the doer
2要 + the verb, not a nounis a verb following, not a thing being wanted?
3the action sits in the near futureis this a plan, not an obligation?
例 · Examples
1你今天要going to / plan to一起together吃飯嗎yes-no question？
Are you going to eat together today?
界 · Boundary
想要 is a settled plan leaning into the action; 想 is a wish still held back, not yet committed.
會要 is the doer's own plan; 會 is a prediction that the action will turn out to happen.
object after 要 for a plan: 我要飯 → 我要吃飯
negation with 不要 (that forbids/refuses): 我不要去開會 → 我不去開會
obligation read in: 你要小心 (must) treated as plan → keep plan-要 before an action you choose
English 'will/going to' is a tense; learners drop 要 and mark the future only with a time word, or read every 要 as 'want.'