Teaching Plans and Materials for “Minna no Nihongo” Lesson 13: How to teach “I want~” and “~tai desu” ★
“I want to do ~." “I’m going to ~."
These are sentence patterns using the “masu" form.
Communicate what you want or want to do
Communicate the purpose of going somewhere
Japanese Grammar Materials: “I want to do ~ / I don’t want to do ~"
～が欲しいです。
(Draw a person who looks thirsty on the whiteboard. Draw a speech bubble and a picture of water.)
(Draw a person who looks hungry on the whiteboard…)
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Teacher I’m hungry, so… I want food. 
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(Draw various other pictures…)
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Teacher I’m lonely, so… I want a boyfriend.
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Teacher I have a lot of work, so… I want time.
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Practice with flashcards, creating sentences with given clauses.
～が欲しくないです。
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Teacher Everyone, tomorrow is a holiday. Do you want homework? No, I don’t want it.
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Teacher “Hoshii" is an “i-adjective." No, I don’t want it.
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Practice with other YES/NO questions.
(Noun) が ほしい です。
I want money.
I want time.
I want water.
Q: Do you want a bag?
A: Yes, I want it.
No, I don’t want it.
What do you want?/ What kind of ~ do you want?
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Teacher Mr. A, what do you want for your birthday? I want a shirt.
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Teacher What kind of shirt do you want? I want a nice shirt.
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Ask other students as well.
Confirm that when answering, “Noun + no + Noun," “i-adjective + Noun," and “na-adjective + na + Noun" will appear.
Q: What do you want?
A: I want a shirt.
Q: What kind of shirt do you want?
A: I want a nice shirt. (na-adjective)
I want an expensive shirt. (i-adjective)
I want a Japanese shirt. (Noun)
～たいです。
If sentences like “nemasu ga hoshii desu" appear in the “I want ~" section, you can introduce this naturally.
(Draw a person who looks like they want to eat cake on the whiteboard)
(Draw a person pointing at a movie theater)
(Draw a person who looks like they want to smoke on the whiteboard)
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Teacher I want to smoke… I want to smoke.
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Practice with flashcards.
Provide a reason (first clause) and practice creating sentences with “~tai" (second clause).
Example: (Head hurts, so…) I want to go home.
(I’m tired, so…) I want to rest.
I want to eat cake.
I want to watch a movie.
I want to smoke.
What do you want to do? / What kind of ~ do you want to do?
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Teacher Mr. A, what do you want to eat tonight? I want to eat fish.
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Teacher Mr. B, what do you want to do on Sunday? I want to buy a bag at the department store.
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Teacher What kind of bag do you want to buy? I want to buy a small bag.
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Introduce this by asking other questions as well.
Q: What do you want to eat?
A: I want to eat fish.
Q: What kind of bag do you want to buy?
A: I want to buy a small bag.
Q: Where do you want to eat lunch?
A: I want to eat at Matsuya.
Q: When do you want to go back to your country?
A: I want to go back in April next year.
～たいです。 / ～たくないです。
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Teacher Everyone, do you want to have a party at school tomorrow? Yes, I do.
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Teacher Do you want to have a test tomorrow? No, I don’t want…
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Teacher “~tai" is an “i-adjective." No, I don’t want to.
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Ask a few more questions to confirm the sentence pattern.
Tomorrow, I want to have a party.
Tomorrow, I don’t want to have a test.
Tonight, I want to drink beer.
Every night, I don’t want to drink beer.
