Amerika ni ikitaidesu
...taidesu
...takunaidesu
What would you like to do after learning Japanese?
You can express things that you want to do after completing this lesson.
“want to” and “don’t want to”
| want to write | kakitaidesu |
| don’t want to write | kakitakunaidesu kakitakuarimasen |
want to
Add ‘taidesu’ to the stems of verbs. If the stem ends with a consonant, add ‘itaidesu’ instead.
nomu >>> nom >>> nomitaidesu
taberu >>> tabe >>> tabetaidesu
kasu >>> kas >>> kashitaidesu
suru >>> s >>> shitaidesu
don’t want to
Actually, ‘…taidesu’ is a long form of the i-adjective ‘…tai’. Therefore, conjugation follows the same pattern as i-adjectives. ‘…tai’ changes to ‘…takunai’ and ‘…taidesu’ changes to ‘…takunaidesu’.”
iku >>> ik >>> ikitakunai
nomu >>> nom >>> nomitakunai
taberu >>> tabe >>> tabetakunai
kasu >>> kas >>> kashitakunai
suru >>> s >>> shitakunai
Words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kotoshi | this year |
| natsu | summer |
| umi | sea |
| oyogu | swim |
| …no koto | things like… |
| kangaeru | think |
| kanojo | she, girl friend |
| ryokou | travel |
| kisu suru | kiss |
| pan | bread |
| gohan | rice, meal |
Expressions
Satou says:
Kotoshi no natsu wa dokoni ikitaidesuka?
Justin says:
Kotoshi wa tai ni ikitaidesu. Tai no umi de oyogitaidesu.
Shigoto no koto wa kangaetakunaidesu. Massaaji mo shitaidesu.
Exercise
Question
Translate into Japanese
- I want to go to Korea.
- I want to kiss her. >>> kanojo ni
- I want to eat bread, I don’t want to eat rice.
- Do you want to travel?
- I don’t want to work.
Answer
- kankoku ni ikitaidesu
- kanojo ni kisu shitaidesu
- pan o tabetaidesu. gohan o tabetakunaidesu.
- ryokou shitaidesuka?
- hatarakitakunaidesu.