Comments on: Beginner Lesson S5 #6 - I Want You to Visit Me in Japan!

by: 亀井

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:11:00 +0000

素子さん、
今晩は。この夕方は晴れて、寒いです。
素子さんのコメントをどうもありがとうございます。勉強を成りました。
ああ、そうですね。
「書類を書き直して欲しいです。」は言いませんですか。
「私はスミスさんい書類を書き直しって欲しいです。」は言いますか。
To be clear, if the statement is entirely in the first person, the 「。。。ーて欲しい。。。」construct is not appropriate. でしょう？

by: Motoko

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:25:11 +0000

亀井さん　こんにちは。
コメントありがとうございます。
素敵ですね！
One thing is, when we say “I want to do…” we use (masu stem)+たいです.
e.g. 住みたいです　”to want to live”
勉強したいです　”to want to study”

By the way, we use ～て欲しい when we describe the speaker’s demand or wish to someone/something.
e.g. (私は)友だちに宿題を手伝って欲しいです。
“I want my friends to help my homework.”
I hope this helps.

by: 亀井

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:14:53 +0000

私は日本語を習って、日本へ住んで欲しいです。

by: Motoko

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:36:17 +0000

Jacob-san,
1. As Naomi-sensei said above, -hoshii is for talking about your own desire. It is always used for the speaker. Unfortunately we cannot use your example.
2. Yes. The conjugations would be;
-te hoshii / -nai de hoshii
-te hoshikatta / -nai de hoshikatta.

by: Jacob

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:08:17 +0000

Hey, good lesson but i have a few questions.
1. can it be used for people other that the speaker
2. is the past tense shown through hoshii?
For example, is it all right to say ‘tomoko wa jeshi ni ringo o tabete hoshikatta desu’
Thanks alot

by: Naomi

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:15:26 +0000

チィ-san, Archernar-san
It’s just a general reminder, but “-te hoshii” means “I want someone (or a listener) to do something”.
So…もうすぐ国(に）帰って欲しいです。means “I want someone to go back to his/her country soon”or”I want you to go back to your country soon.”
明日、誰かにチョコレートをあげてほしい　means “I want you to give someone chocolate tomorrow.” or “I want someone to give another person chocolate tomorrow.”
If you’re talking about your own desire, -tai is one you should use.

by: Archernar

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:18:29 +0000

明日、誰かにチョコレットをあげてほしい　

by: チィ

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:21:47 +0000

もうすぐ国帰って欲しいです。

by: Naomi

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:53:33 +0000

Dustin-san
Katakana is often used for emphasis and ただ is spelled in either in Katakana and Hiragana in daily life. So I’d say ただ and タダ are both correct.

by: Dustin

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:14:46 +0000

Is タダ券 really correct in the transcript?
Because I wasn’t able to find タダ in dictionaries, but ただ did exist with the meaning of ‘free’.

by: Jamey

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:45:54 +0000

Thanks, Naomi-sensei -
I think I understand it now! The bullet points differentiate nicely between the two forms.
It’s a fine point though, so I’ll try to pay attention to the two uses and see if I understand it as well as I think I do!

by: Naomi

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:50:17 +0000

Jamey-san
Actually, it’s a really good question.
●nakute is the te form of nai.
ex)　takakunai → takakunakute /shizukajanai → shizukajanakute…
●naide is negative te-form of a verb
ex)　iku → ikanaide …
You say “ikanaide kudasai.” to mean “don’t go”, right?

This lesson’s target sentence structure is “te-form of a verb ＋hoshii.”
For negative sentence.. “negative te-form of a verb＋hoshii ” or “te-form of a verb ＋hoshikunai.”

Does it make sense to you?

by: Jamey

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:54:20 +0000

Naomi-sensei

I have only a limited understanding of the difference between naide and nakute, but it seems to me that -nakute hoshii would make more sense. Can you explain why it’s -naide hoshii or should I just memorize it as a set phrase for now?

by: Wai Huan

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:11:09 +0000

Naomi-sensei

I see.. Alright, got it. Thank you for the explanation.

それでは、また！

by: Naomi

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:58:28 +0000

Wai Huan-san
Your sentence is grammatically correct. However Japanese people tend to use “Shall I” or “should I” rather than “do you want to me to…” in that case.
どちらのお名前で呼びましょうか。[ Dochira no o-namae de yobimashou ka?]

どちらのお名前で呼んだらいいですか。or 呼べばいいですか。
[Dochira no o-namae de yondara iidesu ka? or yobeba iidesu ka?]