Try to A, Be about to A
This is an archaic form not typically used in modern Japanese
1
君の言わんとすることは分かります。
I understand what you were about to say.
2
今まさに飛行機が飛び立たんとしている。
Right now, the plane is about to take off.
Getting the sentences
Construction
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Basic Examples:
飲まんとする (to try to drink)
Where this grammar is found
Grammar usage notes
The ん ending on the verb is not abbreviated from the negative ぬ/ない, but from the archaic volitional form む. Thus it's the same volitional+とする pattern as the ようとする grammar point.
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