てほしい details
write + (and…) + want to do
kaite hoshii
want (someone) to do
meaning: want you to write
ちょっと、話は最後まで聞いてほしいんだけど。
chotto, hanashi wa saigo made kiite hoshii n da kedo.
Hey, I want you to hear me out to the end. casual
親には元気で長生きしてほしいです。
oya ni wa genki de nagaiki shite hoshii desu.
I want my parents to stay healthy and live long. neutral
- past
- negative
- polite
Examples
want someone to do — desire aimed at another person's action
ちょっと、話は最後まで聞いてほしいんだけど。
chotto, hanashi wa saigo made kiitehoshii n da kedo.
Hey, I want you to hear me out to the end. casual
親には元気で長生きしてほしいです。
oya ni wa genki de nagaiki shite hoshii desu.
I want my parents to stay healthy and live long. neutral
この一点だけは、ぜひ皆さまに知っていてほしいと思います。
kono itten dake wa, zehi minasama ni shitte ite hoshii to omoimasu.
This one point is something I truly want all of you to know. formal
Formation
{V-te}ほしいattaches to て-form
Notes
Related patterns
Similar
手伝ってほしい states the wish and stops there — nothing has happened yet; 手伝ってもらう reports the act as received. The want-forms converge — てもらいたい ≒ てほしい — with てもらいたい reading a notch stiffer and more written.
Same ほしい predicate, same i-adjective conjugation and first-person default — but Nがほしい covets a thing, while V-てほしい asks for someone else's action.
Lookalikes
Both hang "want" on a verb, but たい (masu-stem) wants to act yourself while てほしい (て-form) wants someone ELSE to act — 手伝いたい offers help, 手伝ってほしい requests it.