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When you want somebody to do something, you can describe your wish by using
the te-form of a verb and the adjective ほしい - hoshii.
The person the wish is
directed to is marked with the particle に - ni. |
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| 私は 病気の友達に 元気になってほしいです。 |
I want my sick friend to get well. |
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watashi-wa, byooki-no tomodachi-ni genki-ni
natte hoshii desu. |
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私は ルームメートに
宿題を手伝ってほしかったです。 |
I wanted my roommate
to help me with my homework. |
watashi-wa, ruumu meeto ni
shukudai-o tetsudatte hoshikatta desu. |
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| （私は）personに verb te-form
ほしい |
I want (person) to do... |
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When you want to say you don't want them to do something, you can negate ほしい
- hoshii
and
say ～てほしくありません -
~te hoshiku arimasen
or negate the verb and say ～ないでほしいです -
~nai de hoshii
desu/ |
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私は お父さんに 昔の話をして
ほしくありません。 |
I don't want my father to talk about the
good old times. |
watashi-wa, otoo-san-ni mukashi-no hanashi-o shite
hoshiku arimasen. |
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私は ホストファミリーに
英語で話さないでほしいです。 |
I don't want my host family to speak in
English. |
watashi-wa, hosuto famirii-ni
eigo-de hanasanai de-wa hoshii desu. |
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Let us now summarize the three words for "want": |
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tai - lesson 11 |
| verb stem + tai |
I want to do... |
| 私はベトナムに行きたいです。 |
I want to go to Vietnam. |
| watashi-wa betonamu-ni ikitai desu. |
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hoshii - lesson 14 |
| noun ga hoshii |
I want something. |
| 私はいい辞書がほしい。 |
I want a good dictionary. |
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watashi-wa ii jisho-ga hoshii. |
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te hoshii - this lesson |
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I want somebody to do . . . |
| 私は弟に電話をしてほしいです。 |
I want my little brother to call me. |
| watashi-wa otooto-ni denwa-o shite hoshii. |
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* These are all private predicates, and used
only for the speaker's wishes.
When you want to describe the emotions of people other than
the speaker the predicate needs to be changed as in the
examples below (see Lessons 11 and 14 for details). |
先生は 学生に たくさん勉強してほしい
と言っています。 |
Our professors say they want their students to study a lot. |
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sensei-wa, gakusei-ni takusan benkyoo-shite
hoshii
to itte imasu. |
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先生は 学生に たくさん勉強して
ほしいがっています。 |
Our professors (are acting in a way that
suggests that they) want their students to study a lot. |
sensei-wa, gakusei-ni takusan benkyoo-shite
hoshigatte imasu. |
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