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Wanted to you taste-test with 〜てほしかった

Grammar Explanation: Want you do to something with 〜てほしい

Manga panel from 三ツ星カラーズ showing example of Wanted to you taste-test with 〜てほしかった.
三ツ星カラーズ » Volume 6 » Page 42

Momoko notices the trio Colors pestering a television cameraman. She intervenes to help him, telling the girls that she is heading to her family’s bakery to have taste-testing of her new type of rice ball.

ももか:
「カラーズちゃんにも試食(ししょく)してほしかったんだけどなー」
“I wanted you all to do some taste-testing as well, but...”
「テレビがあるなら仕方(しかた)ないかぁ」
“If it's television, it can't be helped, huh?”

Key Points

  1. してほしかった is a past wanted action

    • 試食(ししょく)してほしかった means Momoko wanted Colors to taste-test.

  2. んだけどなー trails off with regret

    • んだけど sets up a contrast: she wanted them to join, but circumstances interfere.

    • なー adds a lingering, disappointed tone.

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