Wanted to you taste-test with 〜てほしかった
Grammar Explanation: Want you to do something with 〜てほしい
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てほしかったんだけどなー」
- “I wanted you all to do some taste-testing as well, but...”
- Literal: “I wanted the Colors girls too to do taste-testing, though...”
- 「テレビがあるなら仕方ないかぁ」
- “If it's television, it can't be helped, huh?”
- “I wanted you all to do some taste-testing as well, but...”
Key Points
1してほしかった is a past wanted action
- 試食してほしかった 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.
- ちゃん is an affectionate, informal suffix attached to names, used mainly for children, close friends, and family members.
Vocabulary
試食 (Food tasting)
試食 refers to trying a dish or food item. It involves checking the taste and quality of a product or inviting customers to sample it as part of a promotional campaign.
See Also
- External: Past tense with 〜た・〜だ
- Grammar: Marking the subject with が
- Grammar: Marking the topic with は and も
- Grammar: If that's the case with なら
- Kanji: Eating and food with 食
- Kanji: Testing and trying with 試
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