〜たい: wanting to do is a JLPT N5 grammar point. Expresses your own desire to do something. Structure: [Verbe-ます (radical)] + たいです. This page explains the construction, gives Japanese examples with furigana readings, and links to related grammar points at this level.

〜たい: wanting to do

Structure

[Verbe-ます (radical)] + たいです

Explanation

Drop ます and add たいです to say you want to do something: 食べます → 食べたいです. It conjugates like an い-adjective (たくないです = don't want to). Use it for your own wishes.

Examples

I want to drink water.

I want to go to Japan.

Quiz preview

  • たい ✓
  • たく
  • ます
  • て

Drop ます and add たい to express a desire: 行きます → 行きたいです “I want to go”.

  • たく ✓
  • たい
  • に
  • て

たい conjugates like an い-adjective: the negative is たくない “don't want to” (食べたくない).

More N5 grammar points

は: topic particleの: possessive / linking particleを: object particleに: time / destination particleが: subject particleで: place of action / means〜てください: please do…あります / います: existence〜ましょう: let'sも (“also / too”)と (“and / with”)へ: direction particleか: question particleこれ・それ・あれ: this / that〜ないでください: please don't〜がすきです: to likeAのほうがBより: comparison

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