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〜がほしい: want (a thing)

N5 · 05 Polite verbs and invitations

Says that you want to have a thing.

Thing が ほしいです. It is an い-adjective: ほしくない, ほしかった. Mainly for the speaker or in questions; for third persons use ほしがっている. For wanting to do something use 〜たい. Wanted thing is marked by が (を is also possible).

Examples

I want a new computer.

What do you want now?

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