Want to speak in Japanese 🇯🇵

はなしたい info.

Tips to Remember the Japanese Word:
– Break it down: はな (hana) means "speak" and たい (tai) is a suffix that means "want to".
– You might think of "hana" as in "hana ga suku" (a flower blooming, where it metaphorically spreads/expresses) and たい (tai) as sounding like "tie" – as in, tying your speech to your desires.

Explanations:
– はなしたい (hanaai) is composed of the verb "はなす" (hanasu) meaning "to speak" and the auxiliary adjective "たい" (tai) which expresses the speaker's desire to do something.
– The whole expression translates to "want to speak."

Other Words That Mean the Same Thing:
– 言いたい (いいたい, iitai): want to say.

Conjugations:
– Present/Future:
– はなしたい (hanaai) – I want to speak.
– Past:
– はなしたかった (hanaakatta) – I wanted to speak.
– Negative Present/Future:
– はなしたくない (hanaakunai) – I don’t want to speak.
– Negative Past:
– はなしたくなかった (hanaakunakatta) – I didn’t want to speak.

Examples of Sentences:
1. 日本語ではなしたい。
– Nihongo de hanaai.
– I want to speak in Japanese.
2. あなたにはなしたいことがあります。
– Anata ni hanaai koto ga arimasu.
– There is something I want to speak to you about.
3. 私はもっと自信をもってはなしたい。
– Watashi wa motto jishin o motte hanaai.
– I want to speak with more confidence.
4. 昨日はなしたかったことを忘れてしまった。
– Kinō hanaakatta koto o wasurete shimatta.
– I forgot what I wanted to speak about yesterday.
5. 今日はだれともはなしたくない。
– Kyō wa dare to mo hanaakunai.
– I don't want to speak to anyone today.

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