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You need to use a verb stem together with たいです to describe what you want to do.
You can get a verb stem by removing ます from a verb in present affirmative form.
きょう ハンバーガー を たべたいです。
I want to eat a hamburger today.
*たべ is a verb stem of たべる, eat. You can get たべ by removing ます from たべます, which is present affirmative of たべる.
*You can also say きょう ハンバーガー が たべたいです。
なつやすみ は きょうと に いきたいです。
I want to go to Kyoto on summer vacation.
きょう は はやく ねたいです。
I want to go to bed early today.
きょう は ハンバーガー を たべたくないです。
I do not want to eat a hamburger today.
きのう は はやく ねたかった から、はやく いえ に かえりました。
Because I wanted to go to bed early yesterday, I went back home early.
さとうさん は いえ に かえりたがっています。
It seems Mr. Sato wants to go home.
* When you want to describe someone else's wishes, you need to use a verb stem plus たがっています.
References:
I want something
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/I-want-something-epa75c
Verb Conjugation
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Verb-Conjugation-emv716
Particles "wo", "de", "ni", and "he"
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Particles-wo--de--ni--and-he-en1dme
Adjectives
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Adjectives-en9o8v
Past Tense of Adjectives
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Past-Tense-of-Adjectives-en9trh
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/yuyaman1986
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You need to use a verb stem together with たいです to describe what you want to do.
You can get a verb stem by removing ます from a verb in present affirmative form.
きょう ハンバーガー を たべたいです。
I want to eat a hamburger today.
*たべ is a verb stem of たべる, eat. You can get たべ by removing ます from たべます, which is present affirmative of たべる.
*You can also say きょう ハンバーガー が たべたいです。
なつやすみ は きょうと に いきたいです。
I want to go to Kyoto on summer vacation.
きょう は はやく ねたいです。
I want to go to bed early today.
きょう は ハンバーガー を たべたくないです。
I do not want to eat a hamburger today.
きのう は はやく ねたかった から、はやく いえ に かえりました。
Because I wanted to go to bed early yesterday, I went back home early.
さとうさん は いえ に かえりたがっています。
It seems Mr. Sato wants to go home.
* When you want to describe someone else's wishes, you need to use a verb stem plus たがっています.
References:
I want something
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/I-want-something-epa75c
Verb Conjugation
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Verb-Conjugation-emv716
Particles "wo", "de", "ni", and "he"
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Particles-wo--de--ni--and-he-en1dme
Adjectives
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Adjectives-en9o8v
Past Tense of Adjectives
https://anchor.fm/yuya-sato/episodes/Past-Tense-of-Adjectives-en9trh
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/yuyaman1986
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