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Does the volitional form of a verb mean both “lets” and “I want to”?
I was taught ages ago that the volitional form of a verb means "let's" do something. For example, if you take 行く and change it to 行こう, you get "let's go".
However, I feel like I can use the same form ...
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Who is doing the thinking?
Observe the change:
彼女は行かないと思う。 "I think that she will not go"
彼女は行くまいと思う。 "She thinks that she will not go"
彼女は and と思う are conserved in the sentence, yet the person who is doing the ...
