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Wanting to be cared about with 〜たい

Grammar Explanation: Wanting to do with 〜たい

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After a fight, Cocoa and Chino are finally on good terms again.

リゼ:
「構(かま)ってもらいたいんだよ真(ま)に受(う)けるな」
“She just wants attention from you, so don't take it seriously.”
Literal: “She wants to receive being cared about, so don't take it seriously.”

Key Points

1構(かま)ってもらいたい means wanting attention from someone
  • 〜てもらう presents Chino as receiving the favor of Cocoa engaging with her, and たい expresses Chino’s desire.
2The speaker of the desire is inferred
  • Rize is explaining Chino’s behavior, so the omitted subject of たい is Chino rather than Rize.
3んだよ explains the behavior
  • Rize supplies wanting attention as the reason for Chino’s conduct, then tells Cocoa 真(ま)に受(う)けるな, not to take it at face value.

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