Japanese Lesson 36: I wanted to / I didn't want to 英語の「したい」「したくない」

This lesson shows you how to put "I want" and "I don't want" into the past form. There are only 2 forms "I want" in Japanese: the present form and the past form. These two forms can be used to express other tenses as well.

For -ru and -u ending verbs, this is now you make "I want" into "I wanted" and "I don't want" into "I didn't want":

　たい　→　たかった

　たくない　→　たくなかった

For -u ending verbs it looks like this:

話す　→　話したい　→　話したかった
はなす　→　はなしたい　→　はなしたかった
I talk → I want to talk → I wanted to talk

話さない　→　話したくない　→　話したくなかった
はなさない　→　はなしたくない　→　はなしたくなかった
I don't talk → I don't want to talk → I didn't want to talk

For -ru ending verbs it looks like this:

食べる　→　食べたい　→　食べたかった
らべる　→　たべたい　→　たべたかった
I eat → I want to eat → I wanted to eat

食べない　→　食べたくない　→　食べたくなかった
たべない　→　たべたくない　→　たべたくなかた
I don't eat　→　I don't want to eat → I didn't want to eat