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Meaning of「〜てみたいと思います」

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I've gathered that と思う means to think about but isn't it a little redundant to add the みたい？

彼らに聞いてみたいと思います。

The みたい adds the sense of looking like or seeming but so does 思う so I don't quite understand the combination! Any thoughts?

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I've gathered that と思う means to think about but isn't it a little redundant to add the みたい？

彼らに聞いてみたいと思います。

The みたい adds the sense of looking like or seeming but so does 思う so I don't quite understand the combination! Any thoughts?

word-choice word-usage subsidiary-verbs

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I've gathered that と思う means to think about but isn't it a little redundant to add the みたい？

彼らに聞いてみたいと思います。

The みたい adds the sense of looking like or seeming but so does 思う so I don't quite understand the combination! Any thoughts?

word-choice word-usage subsidiary-verbs

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You've gotten the みたい part wrong. What you are seeing is a subsidiary verb (～て)みる, which means "to try doing something (and see what happens)". See: What is the difference between "verb＋て＋みる" and "verb＋(よ)う+とする"? みたい meaning "to seem / look like" never follows a te-form.

• 聞く "to ask"


• 聞いてみる "to try asking"


• 聞いてみたい "to want to try asking"

彼らに聞いてみたいと思います。

(very literally) I think I want to try asking them.

I think I'm going to ask them (and see if that can solve our problem).

You may be still wondering if ～たい and と思う are similar and thus redundant, but it's a common way to say one's plan or wish. See: 〜たいと思う -- What does this mean? and Different ways to show intention to do something

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You've gotten the みたい part wrong. What you are seeing is a subsidiary verb (～て)みる, which means "to try doing something (and see what happens)". See: What is the difference between "verb＋て＋みる" and "verb＋(よ)う+とする"? みたい meaning "to seem / look like" never follows a te-form.

• 聞く "to ask"


• 聞いてみる "to try asking"


• 聞いてみたい "to want to try asking"

彼らに聞いてみたいと思います。

(very literally) I think I want to try asking them.

I think I'm going to ask them (and see if that can solve our problem).

You may be still wondering if ～たい and と思う are similar and thus redundant, but it's a common way to say one's plan or wish. See: 〜たいと思う -- What does this mean? and Different ways to show intention to do something

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  – jacoballens
  May 12 at 6:13
  

  
  
  
  

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You've gotten the みたい part wrong. What you are seeing is a subsidiary verb (～て)みる, which means "to try doing something (and see what happens)". See: What is the difference between "verb＋て＋みる" and "verb＋(よ)う+とする"? みたい meaning "to seem / look like" never follows a te-form.

• 聞く "to ask"


• 聞いてみる "to try asking"


• 聞いてみたい "to want to try asking"

彼らに聞いてみたいと思います。

(very literally) I think I want to try asking them.

I think I'm going to ask them (and see if that can solve our problem).

You may be still wondering if ～たい and と思う are similar and thus redundant, but it's a common way to say one's plan or wish. See: 〜たいと思う -- What does this mean? and Different ways to show intention to do something

share|improve this answer

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  oh, i didn’t know that about みる. i’ll have to look out for that!!! thank you so much, this helps a bunch 👍🏻
  
  – jacoballens
  May 12 at 6:13
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

You've gotten the みたい part wrong. What you are seeing is a subsidiary verb (～て)みる, which means "to try doing something (and see what happens)". See: What is the difference between "verb＋て＋みる" and "verb＋(よ)う+とする"? みたい meaning "to seem / look like" never follows a te-form.

• 聞く "to ask"


• 聞いてみる "to try asking"


• 聞いてみたい "to want to try asking"

彼らに聞いてみたいと思います。

(very literally) I think I want to try asking them.

I think I'm going to ask them (and see if that can solve our problem).

You may be still wondering if ～たい and と思う are similar and thus redundant, but it's a common way to say one's plan or wish. See: 〜たいと思う -- What does this mean? and Different ways to show intention to do something

share|improve this answer

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answered May 11 at 15:16

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answered May 11 at 15:16

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