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Lesson 12: Wish Form
In this lesson，I will teach you how to convert Japanese verbs to Wish Form.
What Does Wish Form Mean?
| Wish form means “I want to…”. For example， あなたに会いたい means “I want to meet you”. |
How to change Japanese verbs to Wish Form?
| Verb Type | How to convert? |
| type-one verb | change the u-hiragana to i-hiragana and add たい in the end. Example: 会う→会いたい(Meaning: to meet→I want to meet) |
| type-two verb | change the る in the end to たい. Example: 食べる→食べたい(Meaning: to eat→I want to eat) |
| type-three verb | change the する in the end to したい. Example: 勉強する→勉強したい(Meaning: to learn→I want to learn) |
| irregular verb | 来る→来たい(Meaning: to come→I want to come) する→したい(Meaning: to do→I want to do) |
Note:
| Form | How to convert? |
| Negative Wish Form | change たい to たくない Examples: 会いたい→会いたくない 食べたい→食べたくない 勉強したい→勉強したくない |
| Past Tense Wish Form | change たい to たかった Examples: 会いたい→会いたかった 食べたい→食べたかった 勉強したい→勉強したかった |
| Negative Past Tense Wish Form | change たい to たくなかった Examples: 会いたい→会いたくなかった 食べたい→食べたくなかった 勉強したい→勉強したくなかった |
Examples:
| Example | Reading | Wish Form |
|---|---|---|
| 会う | あう | 会いたい |
| 行く | いく | 行きたい |
| 嗅ぐ | かぐ | 嗅ぎたい |
| 押す | おす | 押したい |
| 打つ | うつ | 打ちたい |
| 死ぬ | しぬ | 死にたい |
| 呼ぶ | よぶ | 呼びたい |
| 飲む | のむ | 飲みたい |
| やる | やる | やりたい |
| 食べる | たべる | 食べたい |
| 勉強する | べんきょうする | 勉強したい |
| する | する | したい |
| 来る | くる | 来（き）たい |
Example Sentences:
| 私は田中さんに会いたいです。 I want to meet Mr.Tanaka. 私は肉が食べたいです。 I want to eat meat. 私は英語が勉強したいです。 I want to learn English. 私は学校に行きたいです。 I want to go to school. 私は俳優になりたいです。 I want to be an actor. |
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You have the same note for Negative Form and Past Tense Form twice here (also, is it possible to show the Negative Past Tense Form?)
Done!
Um sorry but the Negative and Past tense form are still the same..
fixed!
あの、すみません… what’s the difference if you use, ～たくて rather than ～たい？
たくて can attach some grammar rules to add different meanings. For example, やりたくてしょうがない（I want to do it very much.）
たい can’t attach grammar rules like たくて。
Just a curious question: is it okay to drop the ~です in spoken Japanese?
Also, Merry Christmas, thank you for creating this site! I’ve been learning a lot here compared to other websites that I tried before. Please stay safe, I wish I could support you with money, but I don’t have that yet. . .でもありがとうございます
Merry Christmas! Yes, you can drop です!
Good day! I have a question, I see that you use “に” on some examples. Is it interchangeable with “が” since according to its function 2, “it expresses what you want to do”? tyia
に is used to mark the destination or object here. You can’t use が here.
Hello,
Is it correct to generalize this conjugation to be the polite form but change “ます” to “たい”/”したい”?
Thank you!
are these rules the same for plural? for example if I want to say “we want to learn xxx”, will べんきょうしたい still be used?
Yes! たい is used for plural too