Japanese Grammar Tips

I want to do something


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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


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