Wanting to burn fliers with 〜たい
Grammar Explanation: Wanting to do with 〜たい
Seeing Syaro handing out advertisement fliers. When Syaro says she can’t go home until she’s done with them, Cocoa likens her to the fabled little match girl.
- ココア:
- 「そんなにチラシ燃やしたかった？」
- “Did you really want to burn the fliers that badly?”
- Literal: “Did you want to burn the fliers that much?”
- 「マッチならあるよ」
- “I've got some matches.”
- “Did you really want to burn the fliers that badly?”
- シャロ:
- 「そういう意味じゃない」
- “That's not what I meant.”
Key Points
1燃やしたかった = “wanted to burn”
- 燃やしたかった is the past form of 燃やしたい: “wanted to burn”.
- Cocoa is asking whether Syaro really had that desire, not saying Cocoa wanted to burn the fliers herself.
2Verb stem + たい
- The verb is 燃やす (“to burn something”), and its stem is 燃やし.
- Add たい to the stem for “want to burn”, then change たい to past たかった for “wanted to burn”.
3マッチならあるよ continues Cocoa’s misunderstanding
- Cocoa treats matches as the solution if burning the fliers is what Syaro wants. Syaro’s そういう意味じゃない rejects that interpretation.
Vocabulary
意味 (Meaning)
意味 is the meaning or point of a word, statement, action, or event.
See Also
- Grammar: Wanting to do with 〜たい
- Future entry: Past tense with 〜た・〜だ
- Grammar: Negation with 〜ない
- Grammar: If that's the case with なら
- Kanji: Taste and meaning with 味
- Kanji: Thought and intention with 意
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