| Hi, everyone! I’m Motoko. Today, I’m going to be talking about the uses of たいです (tai desu) meaning “I want to do something.” Do you want to go to Japan? Do you have anything you want to do in Japan? Can you say that in Japanese? After this lesson, you can say that in Japanese. So I'm going to be talking about the sentence pattern with たいです (tai desu) and then some example here. So let's go! |
| So first sentence is… |
| わたしはすしをたべます。(Watashi wa sushi o tabemasu.) meaning “I eat sushi.”. Let's break it down. わたし (watashi) means “I”, は (wa) is topic-marking particle and すし (sushi) is the Japanese traditional food, を (o) is object-marking particle, and then たべます (tabemasu) means “eat” in ます (masu) form. So to change this form into “I want to do”, we need to get rid of this ます (masu) and add たいです (tai desu) instead. So we get the new sentence here, わたしはすしがたべたいです。(Watashi wa sushi ga tabetai desu.) meaning “I want to eat sushi.”. So we have three points to use this たいです (tai desu) form. First one is of course you need to use たいです (tai desu) at the end. Second point is you need to get rid of masu from masu form of verb and put the rest of the verb before たいです (tai desu) . The third is this object-marking particle を (o) , replace を (o) with が (ga) . So が (ga) become object marker in this sentence. So with たいです (tai desu) sentence pattern, we have one exception so たいです (tai desu) is only used for my desire, not someone's desire, my desire. So the subject or topic is always わたし (watashi) . |
| Okay, let's move on to the examples. The first one is “I want to drink Matcha Green Tea.”, わたしはまっちゃが something です。(Watashi wa matcha ga something desu.) . So let's break it down. わたし (watashi) means “I” and then は (wa) means topic-marking particle and まっちゃ (matcha) means “grounded green tea”, you know the Matcha as a tea ceremony, and then object-marking particle が (ga) . So the missing part is “to drink”. So to drink is のみます (nomimasu) in Japanese. So can you find のみます (nomimasu) from here? Hmm, here. So according to the second point, we need to get rid of masu and then add たい (tai) . So you will get, のみたいです (nomitai desu) . All together, わたしはまっちゃがのみたいです。(Watashi wa matcha ga nomitai desu.) “I want to drink Matcha Green Tea.” |
| Second, “I want to look at shrines.” わたしはじんじゃが something です。(Watashi wa jinja ga something desu) . So わたしは (watashi wa) is the same part, じんじゃ (jinja) means “shrine” so shrine is the building for Shintoism and then Shintoism is one of the common religion in Japan. So the missing part is looking at. So looking at is みます (mimasu) in Japanese. So can you find みます (mimasu) here? Hmmm, here. So the same rule, get rid of masu and and add たい (tai) so you get... みたいです (mitai desu) . All together, わたしはじんじゃがみたいです。(Watashi wa jinja ga mitai desu.) “I want to look at shrines.” |
| The third one, hmmm, for adult, “I want to drink sake rice wine.” わたしはおさけが something です。(Watashi wa o-sake ga something desu.) So わたしは (watashi wa) is the same part, おさけ (o-sake) is usually translated as “rice wine” or just sake so it's one of the Japanese alcohol made of rice. It tastes sweet but really strong, not really strong. So the missing part is “to drink”. Do you think it's familiar? Yes, we have here. So get rid of masu and then add たい (tai) so you can get… のみたいです (nomitai desu) . All together, わたしはおさけがのみたいです。(Watashi wa o-sake ga nomitai desu.) “I want to drink sake.” For your information, in Japan, you can drink alcohol but you should be 20 years old or older. |
| The fourth one, “I want to do ski.” わたしはスキーが something です。(Watashi wa sukī ga something desu.) わたしは (watashi wa) “I”, スキー (sukī) means skiing, が (ga) object-marking particle, and the missing part is do. So in Japanese, to ski is スキーをします (sukī o shimasu) . So the します (shimasu) is the verb. So can you find します (shimasu) here? Hmm, maybe this one. So get rid of masu and then get たい (tai) here so you get… したいです (shitai desu). All together, わたしはスキーがしたいです。(Watashi wa sukī ga shitai desu.). So in Japan, Hokkaido’s Niseko is really famous for skiing. |
| So the second to the last one, “I want to go to Japan.”. That's a basic one right? わたしはにほんに something です。(Watashi wa Nihon ni something desu.) So わたしは (watashi wa) is the same part, にほん (Nihon) means Japan and then... different particle, but that's okay. So にほん (Nihon) is a destination to go so when you say to go, you need the different particle に (ni) . This is the direction particle. So the missing part is “to go”. “To go” is いきます (ikimasu) in Japanese. So いきます (ikimasu) is from here, this one. So get rid of masu and add たい (tai) so you get… いきたいです (ikitai desu). So “I want to go to Japan.”, would be わたしはにほんにいきたいです。(Watashi wa Nihon ni ikitai desu.) |
| The last one is “I want to go in hot spring.” わたしはおんせんに something です。(Watashi wa onsen ni something desu.) So わたしは (watashi wa) is the same part “I” and おんせん (onsen) means “hot spring”. Because Japan has lots of mountains, it also has lots of hot springs so you can find the best one in Japan. So に (ni) is the same particle as the previous one, the direction particle に (ni) and the missing part is “go in or enter”. Go in or enter is はいります (hairimasu) in Japanese. So can you find はいります (hairimasu) in Japanese here? Yes, this one. So get rid of masu, the same rule and get たい (tai) so you get… はいりたいです (hairitai desu) . わたしはおんせんにはいりたいです。(Watashi wa onsen ni hairitai desu.) |
| That's all for today! How was the lesson? I hope you enjoyed this lesson and then you can express what you want in Japanese. Do you have any question? If you have any question, please leave a comment below and if you want to learn Japanese more, please visit JapanesePod101.com and get our free lifetime account. じゃあ、また。(Jā, mata.) , see you again! |
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