たってEven if, Even though, No matter how

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  Adarain

  In the sentence

  どんなに押（お）したくたって、この赤（あか）いボタンを押（お）してはダメ。

  how come using たい directly is okay here? Shouldn’t one have to use たがる since it’s about presumed feelings of another person? Or does the たって-construction make it okay because it itself implies some uncertainity?

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  FredKore

  The たい grammar point explains how it can be used for “I” or “you”.
  たい | Japanese Grammar SRS

  [たい belongs to a group of ‘personal’ adjectives, that is used to describe the speaker’s/writer’s wishes/desires (first person) or the listener’s wishes/desires (second person)]
  [If you want to describe someone else’s wish/desire (third person) you have to use the「verb[stem]+たがる」construction or indirect speech 「verb[stem]+たいと思う」]

  If you were describing “he” or “she” or “they” or another third person, then you would use たがる.

  どんなに押したくたって、この赤いボタンを押してはダメ。
  No matter how much you want to press it, you must not press the red button.

  Also, the English sentence is using the “general” you not the “specific” you, where the speaker is not necessarily talking specifically about the listener. You could replace “you” wi...