"He is going to take part in a basketball competition next year."

Translation: 他明年要参加篮球比赛。

[annieh979]

Why is 要 used and not 会？

[JonathanSt520526]

Same question. Shouldn't 要 be translated as either he needs/wants to participate in the basketball competition next year?

[KentaroT.V]

Yeah shouldn't 他明年会参加打蓝球比赛 be accepted?

[MaynardHogg]

It was accepted just now.

[armein]

‘他明年会参加篮球比赛’ 是不是比较好？

[maartendoc]

参 (cān) = to participate/to join
加 (jiā) = to add/plus
参加 (cānjiā) = to participate/to join

篮 (lán) = basket/goal
球 (qiú) = ball/sphere/globe
篮球 (lánqiú) = basketball

比 (bǐ) = [particle for comparison]/to compare/to contrast
赛 (sài) = to compete/competition/match
比赛 (bǐsai) = competition/match/to compete

[JaclynYam]

会: going to, 要: wants

[NathanRasm]

Is the sentence still a) grammatical and b) normal if I just say 他明年参加篮球比赛？