たい

Etymology 1
From, generally regarded as a shift from , modern. Appears as a verbal suffix from at least  completed before 1330. Replaces previous volitional or desiderative suffix.

Pronunciation

 * In Tokyo speech, the accent of the verb construction depends on the suffixed verb:
 * If the suffixed verb is accented, the accent falls on the first mora in the suffix: →
 * If the suffixed verb is non-accented and the suffix is in the dictionary form (nonpast), the result is either non-accented or accented on the first mora of the suffix: →  or . Further conjugation is based on the accented version.

Suffix

 * 1)  want ; hope
 * 2)   I hope that; I wish that
 * 1)   I hope that; I wish that
 * 1)   I hope that; I wish that
 * 1)   I hope that; I wish that

Usage notes

 * Outside of questions, the suffix is used mainly to talk about the speaker's own wants.  When describing the wants of someone else, the suffix  is used instead.
 * Attaches to the of verbs. The result is conjugated like an adjective  but allows for the combination with nominal particles such as を, unlike regular adjectives.




 * Except for sense 2 (see above), たい does not express the meaning "someone wants other people to do something". In that case, is usually used instead. Compare:


 * Verb with たい can sometimes mark the grammatical object with が, besides the normal object marker を.


 * This word is morphologically an inflectional suffix. It is classified as in traditional Japanese grammar.