N が 欲しいです
Use 欲しいです for a thing the speaker wants. The wanted item is marked with が.
I want a new camera.
なにが ほしいですか
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Use 欲しいです for a thing the speaker wants. The wanted item is marked with が.
I want a new camera.
Remove ます and add たいです to say what the speaker wants to do. It conjugates like an い-adjective.
I want to go to Hokkaido.
Use a noun or ます-stem plus に before a movement verb to express purpose.
I am going to the station to meet a friend.
A question word plus か means somewhere, something, or someone. The following particle may be omitted.
I want to drink something.
enjoy oneself, play
swim
go to meet, welcome
get tired (when expressing the condition of being tired, つかれました is used)
marry, get married
do shopping
have a meal, dine
take a walk [in a park]
hard, tough, severe, awful
want (something)
wide, spacious
narrow, small (room, etc.)
swimming pool
river
fine arts
fishing (~を します : fish, angle)
skiing (~を します : ski)
weekend
New Year's Day
about ~ (time)
something
somewhere, some place
get thirsty (when expressing the condition of being thirsty, のどが かわきました is used)
get hungry (when expressing the condition of being hungry, おなかが すきました is used)
Let's do that. (used when agreeing with someone's suggestion)
May I take your order?
set meal, table d'hôte
bowl of rice topped with beef
Please wait [a moment].
(polite equivalent of です)
separately
a fictitious company
a fictitious TV programme