What's the meaning of the expression verb + "ikitai to omoimasu"?


I found that the expression **verb + "wo yaritai to omoimasu**" means **" I
think I want to do" + verb**, which makes sense to me.

However, I am not sure about the similar expression **verb + "wo ikitai to
omoimasu"**. "To omoimasu" is "I think", "-tai" tells me "I want", but "iku"
is "to go". Is this giving some sense of future like the [English expression
"going to"](https://english.stackexchange.com/a/110821/363747), or what?

When I tried to guess the meaning, assuming that it was like the English
"going to", I got:

> "I think I want to + "going to"

But I don't know how to translate it correctly. What is the meaning of the
expression, is it "I think I'm going to do something"? Is it "I think I want
to do something?" or is it something else?

What's the exact translation of the expression **verb + "ikitai to
omoimasu"**?




## About the syntax

If you want to combine any given verb with [行]{i}き{ki}た{ta}い{i} (or
[行]{i}く{ku}, for that matter), you should:

  1. Use the so-called **masu stem** (or more appropiately [連]{ren}[用]{you}[形]{kei}) of the verb. For example, for the verb [食]{ta}べ{be}る{ru}:

> [食]{ta}べ{be}る{ru} → [食]{ta}べ{be}ま{ma}す{su} → [食]{ta}べ{be} ~~ます~~ →
> [食]{ta}べ{be}

  2. Use the **particle に{ni}** , not the particle を{wo}:

> [ラー]{raa}メ{me}ン{n} を{wo} [食]{ta}べ{be} **に{ni}** [行]{i}き{ki}た{ta}い{i}。 [I]
> want to go eat ramen.

Note that in the example sentence, the particle を{wo} is **not** joining
[食]{ta}べ{be} and [行]{i}き{ki}た{ta}い{i}, but it is still necessary to join
[ラー]{raa}メ{me}ン{n} and [食]{ta}べ{be}. The important particle to join
[食]{ta}べ{be} and [行]{i}き{ki}た{ta}い{i} is **the particle に{ni}**.

Finally, と{to} [思]{omo}い{i}ま{ma}す{su} adds the meaning "[I] think":

> [ラー]{raa}メ{me}ン{n} を{wo} [食]{ta}べ{be} に{ni} [行]{i}き{ki}た{ta}い{i} と{to}
> [思]{omo}い{i}ま{ma}す{su}。 [I] think [I] want to go eat ramen.

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## About the meaning

The meaning of the expression ~ + に{ni} [行]{i}き{ki}た{ta}い{i} と{to}
[思]{omo}い{i}ま{ma}す{su} is "I think I want to do ~". Although ~ + に{ni}
[行]{i}き{ki}た{ta}い{i} formally resembles the expression "going to" in English,
it doesn't add any sense of future.

* * *

## A note on "Verb + を{wo}"

As others have pointed out in the comments section, the construction Verb +
を{wo} is not possible in general. Please clarify if you indeed were asking
specifically about Verb + を{wo}, or if on the contrary, the first part of this
post answers your question.




## About the syntax

If you want to combine any given verb with [行]{i}き{ki}た{ta}い{i} (or
[行]{i}く{ku}, for that matter), you should:

  1. Use the so-called **masu stem** (or more appropiately [連]{ren}[用]{you}[形]{kei}) of the verb. For example, for the verb [食]{ta}べ{be}る{ru}:

> [食]{ta}べ{be}る{ru} → [食]{ta}べ{be}ま{ma}す{su} → [食]{ta}べ{be} ~~ます~~ →
> [食]{ta}べ{be}

  2. Use the **particle に{ni}** , not the particle を{wo}:

> [ラー]{raa}メ{me}ン{n} を{wo} [食]{ta}べ{be} **に{ni}** [行]{i}き{ki}た{ta}い{i}。 [I]
> want to go eat ramen.

Note that in the example sentence, the particle を{wo} is **not** joining
[食]{ta}べ{be} and [行]{i}き{ki}た{ta}い{i}, but it is still necessary to join
[ラー]{raa}メ{me}ン{n} and [食]{ta}べ{be}. The important particle to join
[食]{ta}べ{be} and [行]{i}き{ki}た{ta}い{i} is **the particle に{ni}**.

Finally, と{to} [思]{omo}い{i}ま{ma}す{su} adds the meaning "[I] think":

> [ラー]{raa}メ{me}ン{n} を{wo} [食]{ta}べ{be} に{ni} [行]{i}き{ki}た{ta}い{i} と{to}
> [思]{omo}い{i}ま{ma}す{su}。 [I] think [I] want to go eat ramen.

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## About the meaning

The meaning of the expression ~ + に{ni} [行]{i}き{ki}た{ta}い{i} と{to}
[思]{omo}い{i}ま{ma}す{su} is "I think I want to do ~". Although ~ + に{ni}
[行]{i}き{ki}た{ta}い{i} formally resembles the expression "going to" in English,
it doesn't add any sense of future.

* * *

## A note on "Verb + を{wo}"

As others have pointed out in the comments section, the construction Verb +
を{wo} is not possible in general. Please clarify if you indeed were asking
specifically about Verb + を{wo}, or if on the contrary, the first part of this
post answers your question.

