5.I.3 希望: …がります [want/tend to…]

弟はオーストラリアの大学に行きたがっています。

My younger brother wants to go to an Australian university.

弟弟想去澳大利亞上大學。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
弟	oto-to	subject	younger brother
は	wa	particles	topic marker
オーストラリアの大学に	o-sutoraria-no-daigaku-ni	modifiers	to an Australian university
行きたがっています	iki-ta-ga-t-te-i-masu	predicate	wants to go

The baby is crying because he wants milk.

寶寶正在哭泣因為想要牛奶。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
赤ちゃん	akachan	subject	baby
が	ga	particles	subject marker
ミルクを	miruku-wo	modifiers	milk
ほしがって	hoshi-ga-t-te	verb conjugations	wants
泣いています	nai-te-i-masu	predicate	is crying

My sister is shy and hardly talks to strangers.

妹妹害羞，幾乎不和陌生人說話。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
妹	imo-to	subject	younger sister
は	wa	particles	topic marker
はずかしがって	hazukashi-ga-t-te	modifiers	feeling embarrassed
知らない人と	shira-nai-hito-to	modifiers	with unfamiliar people
ほとんど	hotondo	modifiers	hardly
話を	hanashi-wo	modifiers	conversation
しません	shi-mase-n	predicate	does not do

Recently, there has been an increase in the number of people who dislike cigarette smoke.

這些天，討厭煙味的人變得越來越多了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
このごろ	konogoro	modifiers	these days
たばこ	tabako	subject	tobacco
煙	kemuri	modifiers	smoke
を	o	particles	object marker
いやがる	iyagaru	verb conjugations	dislike
人	hito	subject	people
多くなりました	o-ku-nari-mashi-ta	predicate	have increased

Children want what other children have.

孩子們會羨慕其他孩子所擁有的東西。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
子ども	kodomo	subject	child
は	wa	particles	topic marker
ほかの	hoka-no	modifiers	other
子ども	kodomo	modifiers	child
が	ga	particles	subject marker
持っている	mo-t-te-iru	verb conjugations	have
もの	mono	object	thing
を	wo	particles	object marker
ほしがります	hoshi-gari-masu	predicate	want

The teacher says that he/she wants Chinese stamps.

老師說他想要中國的郵票。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
先生	sensei	subject	teacher
は	wa	particles	topic marker
中国の	chu-goku-no	modifiers	Chinese
切手	kitte	object	stamp
が	ga	particles	subject marker
ほしい	hoshii	predicate	wants
と	to	particles	quotation marker
おっしゃっています	ossha-t-te-i-masu	verb conjugations	is saying