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How would I express a verb acting upon another verb? For example, 'I love to
dance', or 'I hate to fight!' Would you say:

```

    喧嘩するを憎むよ
    喧嘩してを憎むよ
    喧嘩するのを憎むよ
    喧嘩しを憎むよ
    
```

Are any of these correct? If not, how would you say it? Are there variations
to choose from, or only one correct way to do it.
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How to express a verb acting upon another verb?
I'm not precisely sure what you mean by one verb "acting" on another because
that could potentially means many things. Also, it seems your examples just
deal with liking/hating something, so I'll answer according to that. In that
case, the third one is correct. You first have to nominalize the verb by
adding `の` or `こと` to the dictionary form (辞書形).

>   * 踊る **の** が大好きです！ → I love to dance
>   * 戦う **の** が嫌い！ → I hate to fight
>   * 映画を見る **こと** が趣味【しゅみ】です → Watching movies is a/my hobby
>

However, one verb can "act" on another with simply the `〜て` form (and possibly
various, "set" endings).

>   * チキンを焼いて食べる → I grill the chicken then eat it / I eat chicken by grilling
> it
>   * やってみる → Do something and see how it turns out - `それ、やってみよう！` → "Let's do
> it" (with some uncertainty)
>   * 本やペンを机の引き出しにしまっておく → Put away my books, pens, etc. in the desk drawer
> (so they'll be ready for next time)
>

Or different types of compound verbs

>   * 着替える → Change your clothes ("redo your dressing")
>   * 雨が降り出す → Begin raining
>   * 仕始める → Start doing
>

So I think "a verb acting upon another verb" could really cover a lot of
different situations.

* * *

See also [What is the difference between the nominalizers こと and
の?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/1395/78)
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