GUIDED PATH · PHASE 5

Guided Japanese Course

A mastery path for complete beginners and technology professionals.

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11 tracks

TRACK 4 · 4-3

~たい: Want to Do

Convert a verb's ます stem into ~たい to express your own desire to perform an action.

30 min
Before you begin
  • Polite ます-form verbs and the ます stem.
Why this matters

This lets you express learning and work intent: I want to learn Japanese, check the logs, or fix a bug.

1. Remove ます and attach たい

確認します → 確認したい. 行きます → 行きたい. 食べます → 食べたい. The result behaves like an い-adjective.

ます stem → desire
確認します確認し確認したい
行きます行き行きたい
学びます学び学びたい
食べます食べ食べたい