Wanting to photograph means with 〜たがる
Grammar Explanation: Someone else's desire with 〜たがる
Kumada observes the bear that’s been living in his apartment for a while now, trying to determine from its personality traits whether it’s male or female.
- (熊田):
- 「毎度 食事の写真を取りたがる」
- “It always wants to take photos of its meals.”
- 「メスっぽい行動だ」
- “That's pretty feminine behavior.”
- “It always wants to take photos of its meals.”
Key Points
1取りたがる reports a desire inferred from behavior
- 取りたい loses the final い and takes がる to form 取りたがる.
- Kumada infers the bear’s desire from its repeated behavior.
2毎度 and bare たがる describe a repeated tendency
- 毎度 means every time, so the line says the bear wants to take a photo at each meal.
3The bear remains the unspoken subject of both observations
- The fuller first sentence is この熊は毎度食事の写真を取りたがる.
- メスっぽい describes an animal as seeming female, so Kumada treats that habit as evidence about the bear’s sex.
Vocabulary
写真 (Photograph)
写真 means a photograph or photo. It is the ordinary everyday word for still images captured by a camera.
行動 (Action)
行動 refers to the actions and activities in which humans and animals engage when they move their bodies or take some kind of action with a specific purpose in mind.
See Also
- Grammar: Marking the direct object with を
- Grammar: Likening things with 〜みたい
- Grammar: The copula だ
- Kanji: Eating and food with 食
- Kanji: Matters and events with 事
- Kanji: Motion and activation with 動
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