Wanting to do with ~Tai Flashcards
~たい
Expresses a desire for something by removing masu and adding tai
まちます
まちたい
I wait
I want to wait
いきます
いきたい
I go
I want to go
します
したい
I do it
I want to do it
こうえんに いって、 しんぶんを よみたい
I want to go to the park and read the newspaper
にほんに いきたい
にほんに いきたい?
I want to go to japan
- by changing the intonation to sound like a question becomes:
Do you want to go to japan
- in the scenario desu ka is not necessary as just asking it as a question will do since ikitai and ikitai desu mean the same thing so its only really done to be polite
いきたい
よみたかった
はなしたくない
たべたくなかった
Tai functions as an adjective which means:
I want to go
i wanted to read
i don’t want to talk
i didn’t want to eat
しごとに いきたくない
I don’t want to go to work
にほんごで はなしたかった
I wanted to speak in Japanese
なにを したい
What do you want to do?
つめたい ビールが のみたい
Cold Beer is “want-to-drink-able” for me:
I could go for some cold beer