てほしい (te hoshii)

Related patterns6

Similar

てもらう
手伝てつだってほしい states the wish and stops there, nothing has happened yet. 手伝てつだってもらう reports the act as already received, unlike the still-pending wish.
がほしい
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.
ないかなあ
てほしい states the want outright, and names who should act (手伝てつだってほしい). ないかなあ leaves it hanging, asking nobody in particular.
てもらいたい
てほしい is the everyday form, riding an adjective, with no humble form. てもらいたい rides a verb, climbing to ていただきたい for business writing.

Lookalikes

Same meaning4

want to; want something

がほしいwant (a thing)attaches at
がるshows signs of; acts — someone else's feeling read off how they behaveattaches at
たがる(someone else) wants to do; shows signs of wanting toattaches at
たいwant to do — the speaker's own wish, off the ます-stemattaches at

All examples6

want someone to do — desire aimed at another person's action

ちょっと、話はなしは最後さいごまで聞き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
親おやには元気げんきで長生ながいきしてほしいです。
oya ni wa genki de nagaiki shite hoshii desu.
I want my parents to stay healthy and live long. neutral
この一点いってんだけは、ぜひ皆みなさまに知しっていてほしいと思おもいます。
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

want someone not to do — asks that the act stay undone

これ、大事だいじなものだから、壊こわさないでほしいな。
kore, daiji na mono da kara, kowasanai de hoshii na.
This matters to me, so I want you not to break it. casual
パスワードは誰だれにも教おしえないでほしいです。
pasuwaado wa dare ni mo oshienaide hoshii desu.
I want you not to tell anyone the password. neutral
弟おとうとには、この話はなしを母ははに言いわないでほしいと頼たのんだ。
otouto ni wa, kono hanashi o haha ni iwanaide hoshii to tanonda.
I asked my brother not to tell our mother about this. neutral

How it's formed2

All forms5

negativeてほしくないtehoshikunai
味あじわってほしくない
pastてほしかったtehoshikatta
味あじわってほしかった
politeてほしいですtehoshiidesu
味あじわってほしいです
before-a-verb formてほしくtehoshiku
味あじわってほしく
て-formてほしくてtehoshikute
味あじわってほしくて

Notes

The person you want to act takes に; to a superior, business Japanese
swaps in ていただきたい. The negative splits — 来こないでほしい pleads
"don't come," 来きてほしくない states it flatly.