Japanese with Manga

Wanting to meet up with 〜たい

Grammar Explanation: Wanting to do with 〜たい

Manga panel from ご注文はうさぎですか？ showing example of Wanting to meet up with 〜たい.
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Chino appears relieved after seeing Megu and Maya after summer break.

メグ:
「そんなに休(やす)み中(ちゅう)私(わたし)たちに会(あ)いたかった？」
“Did you really want to see us that badly during break?”
Literal: “Did you want to meet us that much during break?”

Key Points

1会(あ)いたかった asks about a past desire to see them
  • 会(あ)いたい becomes 会(あ)いたかった, reflecting Chino’s apparent relief when the break ends.
2私(わたし)たちに marks the people Chino wanted to meet
  • The particle に marks Megu and Maya as the people encountered with 会(あ)う.
3そんなに makes the question teasing
  • そんなに means “that much”, so Megu teases Chino by asking whether she missed them to that degree.

See Also

  • External: Past tense with 〜た・〜だ
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