Wanted to you taste-test with 〜てほしかった
Grammar Explanation: Want you do to 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.
See Also
- External: Marking the subject with が
- Kanji: Eating and food with 食
- Kanji: Testing and trying with 試
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