Today I am going to share the Q&A quoted from my JLPT N5 course!

 

[Question]

Sensei,
ピザが食べたいです。
can we say ピザを食べたいです also?
Or should we take が with たい?

 

[My Reply]

We can use both.

A verb that takes the particles を can have either the particle を or が when it is followed by たい.

ピザを食べたいです。
I want to eat pizza.

ピザが食べたいです。
I want to eat pizza.（Emphasize ピザ）

The meaning of the two sentences is the same.

を is the object marker, and が is (in this case) the emphasis marker.

The difference is that a noun before が is emphasized more than a noun as just an object before を.

 

I hope my answer helps you.😊

 

 

In the JLPT course, you can ask me any questions as much as you want.
I will teach you until you get it!

 

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