“drown someone” or “have someone drowned”?

Is it strange to say “I’m going to have you drowned.”?

I think “I’m going to drown you!” sounds better, but is “have someone drowned” also correct?

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DDonde · 31-35, M

To have someone drowned means that you may have someone else drown this person. The sentences are not the same.

southerngent · M

@DDonde beat me to it.

Arukas3 · 22-25, F

@DDonde ah, it’s a little complicated for me😅 I have just texted my friend “do you want me to have you drowned?” because he said that he wanted to join me in the bathroom… so what I said doesn’t mean what I was actually trying to say?

southerngent · M

@Arukas3 ohhhhhhhh.

So like you’re going to get so wet he’ll drown?

That’s an entirely different thread and doesn’t have to do with the English language at all

Arukas3 · 22-25, F

@southerngent excuse me? 😂

DDonde · 31-35, M

@Arukas3 I'm not sure what you were actually trying to say.

southerngent · M

@Arukas3 best of luck with the language

Arukas3 · 22-25, F

@DDonde sorry for my poor English…

This is what I was thinking in my mind, and what I was trying to say was “if you enter the bathroom I will drown you” but I said “do you want me to have you drowned?”
And after i actually sent the message, I worried that I might used a wrong English and I should’ve said “do you want me to drown you?” (sorry for my bad drawing tho)

Arukas3 · 22-25, F

@southerngent thanks, English is such a difficult language for me….

DDonde · 31-35, M

@Arukas3 haha I understand no worries.