〜が欲しい～ga hoshii
"want (a thing)" — desiring a noun. The noun counterpart of 〜たい.
What it means
Use 欲しい to say you want a thing (a noun): [noun] が 欲しい. Where 〜たい is for actions you want to do, 欲しい is for things you want to have. 欲しい is an い-adjective, so it conjugates like one.
How to make it
want
don't want
wanted
didn't want
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