Wanted you to eat the cookies I baked with 〜てほしかった
Grammar Explanation: Want you do to something with 〜てほしい
During cooking class, Komura has trouble concentrating as the girl he likes, Mie, and another boy who seems to like her, Azuma, are teamed up and seem to be getting along well together. After class, Komura sulks away. On his way home, Mie catches up with him. She gives him a bag with the cookies she baked in class.
- 三重:
- 「小村くんに食べてほしかったのはね」
- “I wanted you to eat them.”
Key Points
食べてほしかった says what Mie wanted Komura to do
〜てほしい means wanting someone else to do an action.
The past ほしかった shows this was her feeling when she saved the cookies for him.
小村くんに marks the person she wanted it from
With 〜てほしい, the person being asked or hoped for is marked by に.
The line means she wanted Komura, not just anyone, to eat them.