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I've been looking at the structure of sentences like "They're both cute" and
"I want this one" 「どちら」 and 「どっち」 meaning which one but how would I say the
following:

> "I don't know what I want"

And

> "Why can't I have them both" / "Can't I have them both"

Thank you!
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How would you say, "Why can't I have them both?"
Maybe

> どちらも どっちも neither
>
> どちらでも どっちでも both

would be appropriate for the respective cases.

> どちらも好き。 I like neither.
>
> どっちでも欲しい。 I want both.

Just as in a conversation:

> どっちが食べたい？どっちでも美味しそうだから好きに選んで。
>
> Which do you want to eat? Both seem delicious so choose what you want.

So if you want to go for both, why not go with:

> どっちでも欲しいから買ってね？ I want both, so buy them (for me) okay?
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First, some basic examples:

> どちらとも欲｛ほ｝しい / どちらも欲｛ほ｝しい / 両方｛りょうほう｝欲｛ほ｝しい I want both
>
> どちらも欲しくない / 両方とも欲しくない I don't want either / I want neither
>
> どちらでもいい Whichever one is fine どちらでも欲しい I want either one (sounds strange)

As for your specific questions:

> "I don't know what I want" どっちを選んだらいいかわからない (I don't know which I should
> choose)
>
> "Why can't I have them both?" どうして両方もらえないですか？
>
> "Can't I have them both?" 両方もらえないの？
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