JLPT N5 grammar

〜たいです ~tai desu

Meaning: want to (do)

How to make it

Verb ます-stem + たいですI want to
Verb ます-stem + たくないですI don't want to
Verb ます-stem + たかったですI wanted to

Example sentences

Read each one out loud — slowly first, then at normal speed.

  1. 日本にほんに 行いきたいです。

    Nihon ni ikitai desu.

    I want to go to Japan.

  2. ラーメンが 食たべたいです。

    Rāmen ga tabetai desu.

    I want to eat ramen.

  3. 何なにが 飲のみたいですか。

    Nani ga nomitai desu ka.

    What do you want to drink?

  4. 今日きょうは どこにも 行いきたくないです。

    Kyō wa doko ni mo ikitakunai desu.

    I don't want to go anywhere today.

Good to know

  • Use it for your own wishes, or to ask the person you're talking to. For someone else's wishes, Japanese uses 〜たがっています.
  • With たい, the object can take が or を: ラーメンが/を食べたい.

5 sec Your turn

Say it in Japanese before the answer appears. Out loud. Don't skip the wait — the thinking is the practice.

  1. Q1. I want to see Mt Fuji.

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    富士山ふじさんが 見みたいです。

    Fujisan ga mitai desu.

  2. Q2. I don't want to work.

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    働はたらきたくないです。

    Hatarakitakunai desu.

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