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Mini Japanese Lessons | How to Express Desire ~ほしい (Hoshii)

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You can consider 欲しい (ほしい) is the equivalent to “to want” in English. 欲しい is an i-adjective. ~ほしい (Hoshii) is used to express the speaker’s wishes or desires using nouns.

Noun + が + ほしい


Examples:

わたしは 辞書 が ほしいです。

I want a dictionary.


何 が ほしいですか。

What do you want?

カメラ が ほしいです。

I want a camera.


自転車 が ほしいですか。

Do you want a bicycle?

いいえ、ほしくありません。(~ほしくない)

No, I don't want.


You can conjugate “ほしい” to a certain extent as follows;


Present tense ~ほしい

Past tense ~ほしかった

Negative Present tense ~ほしくない

Negative Past tense ~ほしくなかった


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