～て欲(ほ)しいI want you to

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  nekoyama

  て・くれる is not used with て・欲しい.

  I’ve seen constructions like 作って渡して欲しい to say “I want you to make it and hand it over”, but the English sentences for this grammar point don’t say that.

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  supakaloru

  hey guys, was learning about this grammar point.

  I have a question for this sentence: 手伝ってほしいの？
  It’s translated as “Do you want me to help you?”
  While the grammar point mentioned that てほしい means “want somebody to do something”. Hence, won’t the above sentence be translated into “Do I want you to help me?”

  While “Do you want me to help you?” would be “手伝いたがる？”

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  casual

  手伝ってほしいの？ without additional context indeed means “Do you want me to help you?”

  Perhaps a useful way to think about it is that in questions frame of reference generally flips from speaker to listener. And so in questions people will fill in the blanks of missing topic, subject, object differently.
  Let’s look at some examples:

  行く
  (I will) go (there)
  行く？
  (Will you) go (there)?

  手伝いたい
  (I) want to help (you, or somebody else we were just talking about)
  手伝いたい？
  (Do you) want to help (me, or somebody else we were just talking about)?

  手伝ってほしい
  (I) want you to help (me, or somebody else)
  手伝ってほしい？
  (Do you) want me to help (you, or somebody else)?

  手伝いたがる
  (You, or somebody else) look like you want to help (somebody, maybe me)
  手伝いたがる？
  Do (I, or somebody else) look like I want to help (somebody)?

  So...