GUIDED PATH · PHASE 5

Guided Japanese Course

A mastery path for complete beginners and technology professionals.

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Tracks 0–10

11 tracks

TRACK 6 · 6-7

欲しい: Want a Thing

Use N が 欲しいです to express wanting a noun/object and distinguish it from Vたい.

30 min
Before you begin
  • ~たい and adjective behavior.
Why this matters

Track 4 taught wanting to do an action. 欲しい covers wanting a thing: a new laptop, more time, documentation, feedback, help resources.

1. Action desire and object desire are different patterns

Vたい = want to do. Nが欲しい = want a thing.

Two kinds of want
ACTION日本語を勉強したいですI want to study Japanese
THING新しいパソコンが欲しいですI want a new computer