〜たい (-tai) — want to (do)

A key pattern for expressing your own desire or wish to do something.

Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

drop ます (ます हटाएपछि) 食べ tabe

Suffix (प्रत्यय सूत्र) たい (-tai)

Desire Form (इच्छा रूप) 食べたい tabetai

Select a verb (विवरण हेर्न क्रिया चयन गर्नुहोस्)

Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

Use 「〜たい」(-tai) to express something you want to do or a wish. The rule is simple: take a verb's polite ます (masu) form, drop ます, and add たい to the remaining stem. For example, 食べます (tabemasu, "eat") becomes 食べたい (tabetai, "want to eat"). This pattern normally expresses the desire of the first person (I); the third person uses a different rule.

Step-by-step breakdown (चरणबद्ध रूपान्तरण)

to eat 食べる (taberu)

食べたい

1 Start form: たべる (Taberu)
2 drop ます: たべ (Tabe) masu-form stem
3 Full form: たべ + たい = たべたい (Tabetai)

to drink 飲む (nomu)

飲みたい

1 Start form: のむ (Nomu)
2 drop ます: のみ (Nomi) masu-form stem
3 Full form: のみ + たい = のみたい (Nomitai)

to go 行く (iku)

行きたい

1 Start form: いく (Iku)
2 drop ます: いき (Iki) masu-form stem
3 Full form: いき + たい = いきたい (Ikitai)

to watch 見る (miru)

見たい

1 Start form: みる (Miru)
2 drop ます: み (Mi) masu-form stem
3 Full form: み + たい = みたい (Mitai)

Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

Question: 1/3

To say "I want to read," how do you change 「読む」(yomu, to read)?

💡 Hint: First make the masu-stem 「読み」, then add 「たい」.

Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

Step-by-step breakdown (चरणबद्ध रूपान्तरण)

Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

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