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〜たいです

JLPT N5 Desire, invitation, preferences

want to do

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Attach tai to the masu stem to say you want to do something: ikitai, tabetai. The result conjugates like an i-adjective: tabetakunai, tabetakatta. The object can take either wo or ga.

Examples

  • たいです

    Mizu ga nomitai desu.

    I want to drink water.

  • たいです

    Nihon ni ikitai desu.

    I want to go to Japan.

Vocabulary in these examples

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