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〜たい

〜たい on 見 yields "I want to watch a movie tonight" — the only ending that can precede です.

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How it's used

〜たい expresses the speaker's desire: take the verb's masu-stem (行きます → 行き) and add たい, then close politely with です. ます, ました, and ません are all complete sentence endings — once they finish the verb, no です can follow, so each produces an impossible form like 行きますです.

Example questions

日本へ行き___です。

Answer: たい · Try this question →

来年 ___ 。

Answer: 日本へ · Try this question →

新しい車を買い___です。

Answer: たい · Try this question →

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