がほしい (ga hoshii)

Related patterns3

Similar

てほしい
Same ほしい word, same い-adjective conjugation, usually first-person, Nがほしい covets a thing. V-てほしい asks for someone else's action.
たい
Both work as い-adjectives and mark what's wanted with が. たい wants an action, off the ます-stem, and ほしい a thing after a noun.

Lookalikes

がる
欲ほしがる looks like 欲ほしい＋がる and is exactly that. But the case flips too (犬いぬが欲ほしい→犬いぬを欲ほしがる), dropping first-person, mixing them errs.

Same meaning4

want to; want something

All examples4

want a thing — desire for an object or a state of affairs

どちらか一ひとつなら、時計とけいがほしいです。
dochiraka hitotsu nara, tokeigahoshiidesu.
If I can have just one of them, I want the watch. neutral
誕生日たんじょうびには新あたらしいイヤホンがほしいな。
tanjoubi ni wa atarashii iyahon ga hoshii na.
For my birthday I want new earphones. casual
今いまは自分じぶんの時間じかんがほしいです。
ima wa jibun no jikan ga hoshii desu.
Right now I want some time to myself. neutral
この件けんについては、もう少すこし詳くわしい資料しりょうがほしいのですが。
kono ken ni tsuite wa, mou sukoshi kuwashii shiryou ga hoshii no desu ga.
On this matter, I would like somewhat more detailed materials. neutral

How it's formed1

All forms5

negativeがほしくないgahoshikunai
pastがほしかったgahoshikatta
politeがほしいですgahoshiidesu
before-a-verb formがほしくgahoshiku
て-formがほしくてgahoshikute

Notes

を belongs to 欲ほしがる (ゲームを欲ほしがる); with ほしい it survives
only tucked inside a bigger sentence — それをほしいと思おもう. Politeness cannot
climb: upward, the whole word is swapped (いただきたいのですが), never conjugated.