～たいものだ/～たいものです

Today’s Grammar Point:  ～たいものだ/～たいものです

～たい（です） is used to express what I want to do. Today’s expression ～たいものだ/～たいものです is a variation of ～たい（です） but it is used for a wish that is difficult to fulfill or something you have longed for for a long time. ～たいものだ/～たいものです cannot be used for a simple or direct wish.

Connections

• [verb stem] + たいものだ/たいものです
  verb stem is a ます form verb without ます

Examples

もう一度いちど京都きょうとの桜さくらが見みたいものだ。(Today’s caption)
I want to see the cherry blossoms in Kyoto again.

雪ゆきの日ひぐらい暖あたたかい布団ふとんの中なかで寝ねていたいのものだけど、今日きょうも仕事しごとだ。
I’d love to stay in a warm bed on a snowy day but I still have to go to work today.

一生いっしょうに一度いちどは試験しけんで満点まんてんを取とってみたいものだ。
I want to get a perfect score on an exam once in my lifetime.

一度いちどはウエディングドレスが着きたいものだ。
(Though I haven’t had a chance and can’t see it happening soon but) I want to wear a wedding dress once.

こんな日ひは母ははの声こえが聴ききたいものだ。
I want to hear my mother’s voice on a day like this.

ヨーロッパリバークルーズに行いきたいものだ。
One day I want to go on a European river cruise.

一億円いちおくえんのダイヤの指輪ゆびわをはめてパーティーに行いきたいものだ。
I want to go to a party with a 100 million yen diamond ring.

[てform verb] ほしいものだ

If you have a strong wish for somebody else to do something and that wish is not likely to be fulfilled, you can use the pattern: 

• [person] に [てform verb] ほしいものだ/ほしいものです

週しゅうに一度いちどぐらいは夫おっとに食器しょっき洗あらいをしてほしいものだ。
I want my husband to wash the dishes about once a week

うるさい客きゃくには早はやく帰かえってほしいものです。
I want noisy customers to go home early.

たまには息子むすこに何なにも言いわなくても宿題しゅくだいをしてほしいものだ。
Sometimes I want my son to do his homework without me reminding him.

Answer to Today’s Question: c

～たいものだ suggests the wish is not easy to fulfill, so the answer should be sometime far away.

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