How is 〜たい conjugated?:JLPT grammar
[Student’s sentence]
ホラー映画は見たいじゃないです。
I don‘t want to see horror movies.
*ホラーえいがはみたいじゃないです。
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[My correction]
ホラー映画は見たいじゃないです。
→ホラー映画は見たくないです。
I don‘t want to see horror movies.
〜たい is conjugated the same way as i-adjectives.
non-past:
見たいです
non-past, negative:
見たくないです
past:
見たかったです
past, negative:
見たくなかったです
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