JLPT N5

～たいです

Want to do, desire to do

Structure

Verb ます-stem + たいです

Used to express one's desire or wish to perform an action. It can only be used for the speaker's desires or, with inference, others' desires.

日本語を勉強したいです。

I want to study Japanese.

Using it for someone else's desires without adding specific phrases like と言っていました (said they wanted to).

Remember 'たい' attaches directly to the ます-stem, like an 'i-adjective' ending.

Import an article and tap any sentence using it. The explanation comes back about the sentence in front of you, not a textbook example.