"veut" vs "a envie de"

Pierpaolo P.B1Kwiziq community member

"veut" vs "a envie de"

Instead of "Benjamin veut être bilingue un jour" I tried "Benjamin a envie d'être bilingue un jour."
This sounds correct to me, but it was not offered as altenative.

What do you think?

This question relates to:French writing exercise "My cousin Benjamin"

Freeform Writing Exercise A1

Asked 4 months ago

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Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Bonjour Pierpaolo,

https://french.kwiziq.com/questions/view/when-do-you-use-vouloir-and-when-do-you-us-avoir-envie-de

This is the link where this type of query was dealt with four years ago — particularly, Chris's comment, which summarises the nuance between vouloir and avoir envie de very well.

Bonne continuation

Jim

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Pierpaolo P. asked:

"veut" vs "a envie de"

Instead of "Benjamin veut être bilingue un jour" I tried "Benjamin a envie d'être bilingue un jour."
This sounds correct to me, but it was not offered as altenative.

What do you think?

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