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Again, it's interesting! My guide books tell me that "feel like doing something" means you' ll take action this very minute, while "want to do ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. feellike,wouldliketo,wantto Threadstarter easychen Startdate May14,2009 E easychen SeniorMember Chinese Hi, Whatisthedifferencebetweenthefollowingthreesentences: (1)Ifeellikedoingsomethinggreat. (2)Iwouldliketodosomethinggreat. (3)Iwanttodosomgthinggreat. Thanksinadvance!   C Cypherpunk SeniorMember Springdale,AR US,English easychensaid: Hi, Whatisthedifferencebetweenthefollowingthreesentences: Thisismyslightlyjadedtakeonthesestatements. (1)Ifeellikedoingsomethinggreat.Youcanbegreatanytimeyouwant,buttoday,youareinthemoodtodosomethinggreat. (2)Iwouldliketodosomethinggreat.Youwouldenjoydoingsomethinggreat,butitisunlikelythatyoueverwill. (3)Iwanttodosomethinggreat.Youhaveastrongdesiretodosomethinggreat.Perhapsyourambitionorhardworkwillallowyoutodosomethinggreat. Thanksinadvance! Clicktoexpand...   E easychen SeniorMember Chinese Itisinteresting,Cypher! -Whenyou"wantto"or"wouldliketo"dosomething,canyounotbe"inthemood"? -Iagree"feellike"means"beinginthemood,"or"ofmyownaccord."ButI'mnotsureitcanmean"whateverIdo,Icanmakeit". -Tome,"wouldliketo"simplyhaslessdesirethan"wantto,"butitisalsolikely. Morecommentsarewelcome!   HarryBatt SeniorMember Minneapolis USAEnglish Anystatementindicatingthatyouaregoingtotakesomeactionisinvalidatedifyouneedtobe"inthemood."Youcouldwant,wouldwant,wouldfeellike,intendto,wishtoordesiretodosomethingbutitwouldbeobviousthatyoudonotmeanwhatyouclaimifyouadd,"whenIgetinthemood."   M MichaelW SeniorMember English(British) Maybeadifferenceinvolition Ifeellike-casual,Iaminthemoodbutmymoodmaychange Iwouldliketo-tentative,implyinga"but"or"if"clausetofollow Iwantto-Iwillit "Ifeellikebeinganovelist"(andtomorrowI'llfeellikebeingafighterpilot) "Iwouldliketobeanovelist"(butIamtoolazy/ifonlyIhadthetalentetc) "Iwanttobeanovelist"(thatiswhatIintendtobe,eventhoughitmaynotbepossible).   Lastedited:May15,2009 E easychen SeniorMember Chinese Again,it'sinteresting! Myguidebookstellmethat"feellikedoingsomething"meansyou'lltakeactionthisveryminute,while"wanttodosomething"meansyou'lldoitinthefuture.So,"feellike"ismore"active"than"wantto."   panjandrum LapsedModerator Belfast,Ireland English-Ireland(topend) Idon'tthink"doingsomethinggreat"isagoodexampletoillustrateanydifferencesbetweentheseexpressions.It'sambiguous. Itmaydependonthesignificanceoftheactivity.MichaelW'sexample-beinganovelist-isbig,lifechanging.Iwonderwhathappenswithamoresimpleexample. (1)Ifeellikehavingpizzaforlunch. (2)Iwouldliketohavepizzaforlunch. (3)Iwanttohavepizzaforlunch. Thefirsttwoindicateapreference.(1)isweakerthan(2). (3)ismuchstronger-itsoundsasifthereisamajortantrumonthewayifpizzaisnotprovided. IthinkthatmatchesquitecloselywhatMichaelWsaid Lookingateasychen'sbook'ssuggestionthat"feellike"ismoreimmediatethan"want"... Ithinkitdependsentirelyonthecontext.Thereisnothinginherentin"feellike"thatmakesitmoreorlessimmediatethan"want"or"wouldlike".   E easychen SeniorMember Chinese panjandrumsaid: (3)ismuchstronger-itsoundsasifthereisamajortantrumonthewayifpizzaisnotprovided. Clicktoexpand... Ohreally?AnychanceitmightbeanAE/BEissue? Onamuchrelatednote,arethethreephrasesaboveinterchangableinthefollowingcontext?: Bathedinsunlight,Ifeeltwiceasaliveandfeellikedoingsomethinggreat.   M MichaelW SeniorMember English(British) 1)Bathedinsunlight,Ifeeltwiceasaliveandfeellikedoingsomethinggreat. 2)Bathedinsunlight,Ifeeltwiceasaliveandwouldliketodosomethinggreat. 3)Bathedinsunlight,Ifeeltwiceasaliveandwanttodoingsomethinggreat. Aspanjandrumsaid,1isweakerthan2isweakerthen3.1isadescriptionofyourfeelings;2isaconditional-Iwould...but/if/when;3isadecision. "feellikedoingsomething"meansyou'lltakeactionthisveryminute Clicktoexpand... Youaredescribingyouremotionalstateatthemoment.Itdoesn'tmeanyouintendtodoanythingaboutit.   Lastedited:May18,2009 F Forero SeniorMember Maumelle,Arkansas,USA USAEnglish Thereisambiguitywithanyofthese,andtheymaymeanmuchthesamethinginthiscontext: 1.Bathedinsunlight,Ifeeltwiceasaliveand(feel)likedoingsomethinggreat. 1a.Iamphysicallyandmentallyreadytodosomethinggreat. 1b.Iaminclinedtodosomethinggreat. 1c.Doingsomethinggreatappealstome,basedonhowIfeel. 1d.Anycombinationof1a-1c. 2.Bathedinsunlight,Ifeeltwiceasaliveand(I)wanttodosomethinggreat. 2a.Idesiretodosomethinggreat. 2b.Iaminclinedtodosomethinggreat. 3.Bathedinsunlight,Ifeeltwiceasaliveand(I)wouldliketodosomethinggreat. 3a.Iwanttodosomethinggreat.[Asoftenedassertion] 3b.Ifcertainconditionsaremet,Iwanttodosomethinggreat. 3c.Ifcertainconditionsweremet,Iwouldenjoydoingsomethinggreat.   E easychen SeniorMember Chinese Great!IthinkI'llusethemasmyreferencebook.   zaffy SeniorMember Polish Doalloftheseworkineverydayconversation? Tom,ifyouwant,wecouldordersomepizza. Tom,ifyouwouldlike,wecouldordersomepizza. Tom,ifyoufeellike,wecouldordersomepizza.   F Forero SeniorMember Maumelle,Arkansas,USA USAEnglish Tom,ifyouwant,wecouldordersomepizza. Tom,ifyouwouldlike,wecouldordersomepizza. Tom,ifyoufeellike,wecouldordersomepizza. Theprepositionlikerequiresanobject.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top