Hoshii - Want or Wish Monday, Mar 6 2006
Level 2 10:37 pm
Today, I will cover the use of “Hoshii” which means “Want or Wish”. The usage is very simple as per examples below :
Q : Do you want today’s newspaper - Kyō no shinbun ga hoshii desu ka?
A : Yes, I want today’s newspaper - Hai, Kyō no shinbun ga hoshii desu.
Yes, I want a cheap stereo - Hai, Yasui sutereo ga hoshii desu.
No, I do not want a cheap stereo - Iie, Yasui sutereo wa hoshiku arimasen.
Meaning : Shinbun (Newspaper), Yasui (Cheap), Sutereo (Stereo)
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July 3rd, 2007 at 12:24 am
Hey, I just got to your site via a search engine, the site being nihongo.anthonet.com/archives/hoshii-want-or-wish/
I had a question, hoshii is an ‘I’ word (adjective or whatever), right? so shouldn’t it be conjugated according to the way ‘I’ ending words (adjectives or w/e) are conjugated?
for example, oishii.
Kono ringo ha oishii desu.
Kono ringo ha oishikatta desu.
the whole, katta, and kattakunai. thanks
July 3rd, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Hi Steve,
Yes, it is based on the ending word “i” for this case.
I have an explanation about this topic here : http://nihongo.anthonet.com/archives/past-tense-katta/