が following an i-adj


Seeing 「欲しいが仮眠する」* by a non-native for "I want to take a nap" I thought it is
plainly grammatically wrong, but then after encountering 可愛いが in a video
([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVmv_wyU-
Ug&t=389](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVmv_wyU-Ug&t=389)) I googled and
there were quite a few results for 欲しいが. Lot of them were 欲しいが見つかる, not sure
what if that's something idiomatic.

If correct my guess is that it would be a case of an omitted generic pronoun の
or a nominalizer の.

Is the original sentence correct? Is が after i-adj correct and grammatical in
general? Or just in specific instances (perhaps like せざるをえない)?

*) never encountered 仮眠する before I don't know if the word choice it ok. And even if the overall structure with が would be ok I'd still think there should be another nominalizer at the end but at this point I'm not sure




欲しいが仮眠する is plainly wrong if it's intended to mean "I want to take a nap". It
can mean "I want it, but I'll take a nap (for now)" depending on the context.

However, the following sentences make sense:

  * アズリムが可愛いんじゃない、可愛いがアズリムなんだ  
It's not that Azulim is cute, but that (being) cute is (being) Azulim! (i.e.,
Azulim is the only person who deserves the word _cute_.)

  * 欲しいが見つかる  
You can find your "I want it"! (i.e., You can find items you'll want.)

In these examples, an adjective is used as a noun or "the word itself". 可愛い
here refers to the concept/idea of _kawaii_ itself. 欲しい refers to your want.
English speakers can do similar things using italics (e.g., "The word _big_ is
an adjective"). The Japanese language does not have italics, so there may not
be any obvious indicator. You can always enclose it with brackets to make it
more readable, but that's not really necessary.

  * 「可愛い」がアズリムなんだ！
  * “欲しい”が見つかる

You may know how to turn an i-adjective into a noun using さ. But 可愛さがアズリムなんだ
and 欲しさが見つかる make little sense in this case because さ has the nuance of "the
degree of X-ness". Here 可愛い refers to the concept of _cute_ itself, not the
degree of cuteness.

Some more examples:

  * 強いと偉いは違う。 = 強いことと偉いことは違う。  
Being strong and being great are different.

  * ちょっと高いが高すぎるになった。  
The price went from _a little expensive_ to _too expensive_.




欲しいが仮眠する is plainly wrong if it's intended to mean "I want to take a nap". It
can mean "I want it, but I'll take a nap (for now)" depending on the context.

However, the following sentences make sense:

  * アズリムが可愛いんじゃない、可愛いがアズリムなんだ  
It's not that Azulim is cute, but that (being) cute is (being) Azulim! (i.e.,
Azulim is the only person who deserves the word _cute_.)

  * 欲しいが見つかる  
You can find your "I want it"! (i.e., You can find items you'll want.)

In these examples, an adjective is used as a noun or "the word itself". 可愛い
here refers to the concept/idea of _kawaii_ itself. 欲しい refers to your want.
English speakers can do similar things using italics (e.g., "The word _big_ is
an adjective"). The Japanese language does not have italics, so there may not
be any obvious indicator. You can always enclose it with brackets to make it
more readable, but that's not really necessary.

  * 「可愛い」がアズリムなんだ！
  * “欲しい”が見つかる

You may know how to turn an i-adjective into a noun using さ. But 可愛さがアズリムなんだ
and 欲しさが見つかる make little sense in this case because さ has the nuance of "the
degree of X-ness". Here 可愛い refers to the concept of _cute_ itself, not the
degree of cuteness.

Some more examples:

  * 強いと偉いは違う。 = 強いことと偉いことは違う。  
Being strong and being great are different.

  * ちょっと高いが高すぎるになった。  
The price went from _a little expensive_ to _too expensive_.

