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> 「金持ちさえかなえば、自転車もクツも全部かなうってことだもんね」  
>  If only you become rich you can have a bike, shoes, everything. That's for
> sure.

I'm confused about the grammar of how かなう is used in this sentence. My
understanding is that it means "to come true" or "to conform (to)".

If I write 自転車がかなう is that good grammar? it sounds to me like the bike is
coming into existence, rather than that I get to own a bike.

I guess I would have written 自転車を持っているのがかなう. Is this wrong? Too wordy?

Maybe Xがかなう translates to "wish relating to X comes true". Can I think of it
like that?
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How to use かなう for desires coming true
I think this is an example of
[ellipsis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis_\(linguistics\)). 金持ちがかなう
and 自転車がかなう are not good grammar on its own. You usually have to say
金持ちになる(という)願いがかなう and 自転車が欲しいという願いがかなう.

> 金持ちになるという願いさえかなえば、自転車が欲しいという願いもクツが欲しいという願いも全部かなうってことだもんね。

But this "(になる/が欲しい)という願い" is probably something that was already said in the
conversation, and repeating it three times in one sentence is too bothersome.
So the speaker omitted this redundant part, knowing they can make themselves
understood without saying it.
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