| Someone wants to do something. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| 新しいジムを はじめ (Atarashii jimu o hajime) |
| です｡ (desu.) |
| 新しいジムを はじめ |
| です｡ |
| たい (tai) |
| たい |
| 新しいジムを はじめ たい です｡ (Atarashii jimu o hajime tai desu.) |
| 新しいジムを はじめ たい です｡ |
| I want to start a new gym. |
| ‘たい’ attaches to the verb stem when you want to do it; ‘たくない’ is the negative form when you don’t want to do it. |
| Someone does not want to do something. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| わたし は お風呂に 入り (Watashi wa ofuro ni hairi) |
| です。 (desu.) |
| わたし は お風呂に 入り |
| です。 |
| たくない (takunai) |
| たくない |
| わたし は お風呂に 入り たくない です。 (Watashi wa ofuro ni hairi takunai desu.) |
| わたし は お風呂に 入り たくない です。 |
| I don’t want to take a bath. |
| ‘たくない’ is the negative form when you don’t want to do it. |
| Someone does not want to do something. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| しごとを ふやし (Shigoto o fuyashi) |
| です｡ (desu.) |
| しごとを ふやし |
| です｡ |
| たくない (takunai) |
| たくない |
| しごとを ふやし たくない です｡ (Shigoto o fuyashi takunai desu.) |
| しごとを ふやし たくない です｡ |
| I don’t want to increase my work. |
| Again, ‘たくない’ is the negative form when you don’t want to do it. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| わたし (Watashi) |
| わたし は (Watashi wa) |
| わたし は おんがく (Watashi wa ongaku) |
| わたし は おんがくを (Watashi wa ongaku o) |
| わたし は おんがくを 聞きたい (Watashi wa ongaku o kikitai) |
| わたし は おんがくを 聞きたい です｡ (Watashi wa ongaku o kikitai desu.) |
| I want to listen to music. |
| わたし は おんがくを 聞きたい です｡ (Watashi wa ongaku o kikitai desu.) |
| Someone does not want to do something. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| でも おしえ (たくない or たい) です。 |
| (Demo, oshie(tai or takunai) desu.) |
| でも おしえ (たくない or たい) です。 |
| たくない (takunai) |
| たくない |
| でも おしえ たくない です。 |
| But I don't want to tell you. |
| たくない is used here because it's the negative form when you don’t want to do something. |
| Someone wants to do something. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| パソコンを 買い (たい or たくない) です｡ |
| (Pasokon o kai(tai or takunai) desu.) |
| パソコンを 買い (たい or たくない) です｡ |
| たい (tai) |
| たい |
| パソコンを 買い たい です｡ |
| I want to buy a computer. |
| たい is used here because it's used to express desire, to say when you want to do something. |
| Let's translate some sentences into Japanese. |
| Translate "I don’t want to go home yet." into Japanese. |
| まだ (mada) - yet |
| Followed by |
| かえりたくない (kaeritakunai) - don’t want to go home |
| Next |
| です (desu) - polite sentence ending |
| まだ かえりたくないです｡ (Mada kaeritakunai desu.) |
| まだ かえりたくないです｡ |
| I don’t want to go home yet. |
| Translate "I want to start a new gym soon." into Japanese. |
| そろそろ (sorosoro) - soon |
| Followed by |
| 新しい (atarashii) - new |
| Next |
| ジム (jimu) - gym |
| Followed by |
| を (o) - object marker |
| And then |
| はじめたい (hajimetai) - want to start |
| After that |
| です (desu) - polite sentence ending |
| そろそろ、新しいジムを はじめたいです。 (Sorosoro, atarashii jimu o hajimetai desu.) |
| そろそろ、新しいジムを はじめたいです。 |
| I want to start a new gym soon. |
| Translate "I want to play in the park." into Japanese. |
| わたし (watashi) - I |
| Followed by |
| は (wa) - topic marker |
| Next |
| こうえんで (kōen de) - in the park |
| Followed by |
| あそびたい (asobitai) - want to play |
| And then |
| です (desu) - polite sentence ending |
| わたし は こうえんで あそびたい です。 (Watashi wa kōen de asobitai desu.) |
| わたし は こうえんで あそびたい です。 |
| I want to play in the park. |
| Listen to what I say. Does the person want, or not want, to do something? |
| 新しいジムを はじめたいです｡ (Atarashii jimu o hajimetai desu.) |
| Listen one more time. |
| 新しいジムを はじめたいです｡ (Atarashii jimu o hajimetai desu.) |
| Did you hear, "はじめたい (hajimetai)"? はじめたい (hajimetai) means the person WANTS to do something. |
| How about...? |
| わたし は お風呂に 入りたくない です。(Watashi wa ofuro ni hairitakunai desu.) |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| わたし は お風呂に 入りたくない です。(Watashi wa ofuro ni hairitakunai desu.) |
| Did you hear "入りたくない (hairitakunai)"? 入りたくない (hairitakunai) means the person DOES NOT want to do something. |
| Next... |
| しごとを ふやしたくないです｡ (Shigoto o fuyashitakunai desu.) |
| One more time. |
| しごとを ふやしたくないです｡ (Shigoto o fuyashitakunai desu.) |
| Did you hear "ふやしたくない (fuyashitakunai)"? ふやしたくない (fuyashitakunai) means the person DOES NOT want to do something. |
| Next... |
| でも おしえたくないです。(Demo, oshietakunai desu.) |
| One more time. |
| でも おしえたくないです。(Demo, oshietakunai desu.) |
| Did you hear "おしえたくない (oshietakunai)"? おしえたくない (oshietakunai) means the person DOES NOT want to do something. |
| And... |
| パソコンを 買いたいです｡ (Pasokon o kaitai desu.) |
| One more time. |
| パソコンを 買いたいです｡ (Pasokon o kaitai desu.) |
| Did you hear "買いたい (kaitai)"? 買いたい (kaitai) means the person WANTS to do something. |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to say you want to do something. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway on JapanesePod101.com. |
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