How to say “What do you want?” in Japanese?

What do you want?

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Polite: what do you want?
何のを欲しいです・ありますか?
nan/nani no wo hoshii desu / arimasu ka?

Polite: what do you want to do?
何がしたいですか?
nani ga shitai desu ka?

欲しいの事をありますか?
hoshii no koto wo arimasu ka?

nan / nani – what
no – possessive particle.
wo – direct object particle
hoshii – to want
shitai – ~tai conjugation of suru(~tai means to want, suru means to do)
koto – thing(s) (untangible) circumstances, situation, matter
desu – is, to be
arimasu – ~masu orm of aru – have

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