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With "you" and "me" included, it would probably sound like bad, unnatural Japanese. 〜さんは私がなんと言ってほしいですか。 Literally, it's something like "As for [you, Mister ~], you want me saying what?"
Close. One particle mistake. Change the 「が」 to another one.


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Close. One particle mistake. Change the 「が」 to another one.
Haha, this is exactly why I don't use pronouns in this construction. My best guess is to change it to に, but holy hell I have no idea.

Then, in descending order of "guess":
の?
を?
ピョコ?

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Haha, this is exactly why I don't use pronouns in this construction. My best guess is to change it to に, but holy hell I have no idea.
Correct. It is ALWAYS 「に」 when saying "Someone wants another to do something."


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09-15-2011, 10:11 PM

Thank you for both of those explanations--and for that amelioration at the end.

Regarding the '"you and "me"' thing, another reason why it wouldn't be what I said is that you used がほしい rather than ~たい。
So, "なんといたいか" or "なんと言いたいか" might translate to "what do I want to say", no?

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09-15-2011, 11:50 PM

たい is used to talk about your own desire to do something
たがる is used to talk about another person's desire to do something
てほしい is used to talk a person's desire for another person to do something

ピザを食べたい = i want to eat pizza
ピザを食べたがっている = he wants to eat pizza
ピザを食べてほしい = i want you to eat pizza
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Right, thanks.
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Follow these simple steps and you'll never have to write that again:

3) Download and install one of the dictionaries for Rikaichan here.
Thanks a lot, this will help immensely.
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