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Hoshii (1/2 - Non-auxiliary)

meaning: Something is desired by the speaker

related: [tai]

Formation

  • Watashi wa kuruma ga hoshii (desu)

  • Yamada sa wa boku no jitensha o hoshi-gatte-iru (Yamada wants my bike)

  • Pamu wa stereo ga hoshigatte

Examples

Anata wa ima nani ga hoshiidesu ka? (What do you want now?)

Notes

Hoshii takes the construction with wa-ga, where wa marks the experiences and ga marks the object of desire

If we are trying to express that third person wants something, we use auxiliary word Garu in this form - gatteiru which means "Showing the sign of", but its used with direct object, that is: X o tabe[ta{i}]gatteiru/hoshigatteiru

Hoshii can be used with third experiencer in specific cases like - past tense, in inderect/semi speech, expalanatory

Examples

PAST TENSE

Pamu wa ii stereo ga hoshikatta

INDIRECT/SEMI SPEECH

Jon mo hoshii to itte-iru (Jon says he wants it, too)

John mo hoshii sooda (I heard John wants it, too)

EXPLANATORY

Pamu wa ii stereo ga hoshii n desu (The explanation is that Pam wants a good stereo)

CONJECTURE EXPRESSIONS

Frank wa udedokei ga hoshii rashii (It seems that Frank wants wrest watch)

Pamu wa ningyoo ga hoshii yooda (It appears that Pam wants a doll)

Hoshii (2/2 - auxiliary adjective)

meaning - want somebody to do something

related - tai, moraitai

Formation

Watashi wa anata ni eigo o oshietehoshii desu (I want you to teach me english)

Examples

(a) Watashi wa kodomotachi ni watashi to isshoni sundehoshii (I want my children to live together with me)

(b) Anata wa dare ni kite hoshii desu ka? (Who do you want to come?)

Notes

If experiencer wants a person X to do something, X is marked by ni (check examples)

Hoshii is not used for

Hoshii is used if experience is me (a), or in interrogative case (b). If its a third person, morai-ta-gatte-iru [ta from tai] which literally means "be showing the sign of wanting to receive the favor of doing something from somebody"

!!! Examples (same meaning, using moraitagatteru)

- Watashi wa anata ni oshiete-[morai-tai/hoshii]

In case of wanting something from someone of higher status, itadaku(humble version of morau) can be used

- Watashi wa Yamada-sensei ni kite-itadaki-tai (I want Yamada teacher to come)