がるTo feel, To think, To act as if, To want, To desire

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  Jake

  to feel・to think, to act as if, to want・to desire

  Structure

  • いAdj[い] + がる
  • なAdj + がる
  • [Third Person]

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  airblaster

  Why is た ommited in the example sentence " 今いまNintendoスイッチを持もっている人ひとは皆みんなゼルダの伝説でんせつブレスオブザワイルドを ほしがっている だろう"?

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  Jul3

  I’m confused why in the example in the screenshot here it is 欲しがる人 rather than 欲しがった人 as I expected to have to use た form as the thing is modifying the noun 人 as in the grammar point https://bunpro.jp/grammar_points/357
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  mrnoone

  Hey

  Sorry for the late answer

  It comes from ほしい (to want an object) so the form is ほしがる。
  It would be したがる if someone wanted to do something (する + たい + がる)。

  今Nintendoスイッチを持っている人は皆ゼルダの伝説ブレスオブザワイルドをほしがっているだろう。They...

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  airblaster

  Thank you mrnoone, it is clearer now.

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  mrnoone

  Hey

  They are both natural. Depends what do you want to say.

  君の車をほしがる人はいないと思う。 “I think there will be/is no one who wants to have your car.”
  君の車をほしがっている人はいないと思う。 “I think there’s no one who wants your car (now).”
  君の車をほしがった（ほしがっていた）人はいないと思う。“I think there is no one who would have wanted your car”
  君の車をほしがった（ほしがっていた）人はいないと思う。
  “I think there was no one who wanted your car”

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  nadrad314
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  nadrad314

  I’m wondering if I answer it myself. Let me try this. If you read the sentence as When I was a child was feeling terrified of aliens, then it would be the past tense of the enduring state. (And, I forgot がるis a not る verb.)
  怖がる --> こわがっている --> こわがっていた

  Am I correct? If so, I can go back to just working about aliens.

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  mrnoone

  @nadrad314

  Thats right

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  nadrad314

  Thanks!

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  emucat

  I don’t get this grammar point at all

  Any tips?

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  mrnoone

  Hey and sorry for the late answer

  I will try to explain it, if you have additional questions, feel free to ask!

  TL:DR
  There are some adjectives that are limited only to the first person (speaker). If we want to use them when speaking about others we have to make them more objective by adding expressions of conjecture like がる、みたい、よう、らしい or quoting with と言う and the like. Or it will sound rude (or cause confusion).

  Long version:
  Basically, in Japanese, there are adjectives we call personal. Those personal adjectives can be only used when the speaker (writer) speaks about himself. And cannot be used when talking about someone else, or it would be considered rude. Cultural thin...

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  emucat

  Thanks! It makes sense. I also started to get the feel of it (and the difference in meaning with other grammar points) with the example sentences

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  CrisH

  Where it says X 行きたがります at the side, does that mean that the contruction isn’t allowed or it just doesn’t work with the verb 行く? And…just because I’m curious, how would you say someone wanted to go? Would it be the usual たい construction?

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  mrnoone

  Hey

  It normally works with 行く、 you can use all: 行きたがる・行きたがります・行きたい・行きたいです, etc without any problems, like with all other verbs.

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  CrisH

  Ah, I thought the X meant you couldn’t do it - thanks for clarifying

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  marlowe

  Could you add the negative construction? My first time I guessed, thinking がる was ichidan, but it turned out to be godan, so I got it wrong - if something like “+ がらない(で)” was included I think it might be useful.

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  marlowe

  On the example " いやがっているから、ちょっと離はなれてあげてね", I put がって, with no いる, as I’ve only seen -てから before. I’m just wondering how to know when not to use -てから but to include the いる part too also - thanks!

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  gyroninja

  いやがってから corresponds to the てから grammar point.
  いやがっているから corresponds to the ている and から grammar points.

  The てから grammar point only applies when から directly follows て.

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  attn7124

  is there ever a situation where いい can be used with がる?
  if yes, how should they be formed? (for example, よがる?)