〜てほしい
Formation
N3IntentionNeutral
Variations
て欲しい
Meaning
Used to express the speaker's desire, request, or hope for someone else to perform a certain action. It can also express a hope for a natural phenomenon to occur when used with '〜が'.
Examples
もっと日本語で話してほしいです。
I want you to speak in Japanese more.
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