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How to say "wanted to try" in japanese ? "-ってみる" ? How to say "wanted to try" in japanese ? I know that -ってみたい means want to try but I can't figure out in the past. Maybe -ってみたいなかった。 Is there an easier or more casual way? Thanks in advance!
May 8, 2020 9:15 PM
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V+てみたかった。N+してみたかった。
May 11, 2020
I agree with Iku and it is ってみたかった。 The last "い" changes into かった when it is about past. I wanted to try やってみたかった want to try やってみたい! For example; (mi-te) 見てみたい→見てみたかった I wanted to see (it)! (i-tte)言ってみたい→言ってみたかった I wanted to say (ta-bete)食べてみたい→食べてみたかった I wanted to eat [A supplementary explanation] なかった/ない, these are denying expression which work like this: やってみたくなかった。 I didn't want to try. なかった means past-denial. ない is about now, present tense. ない/なかった work like 'No' for each of present and past tenses. no,not,isn't,hasn't,haven't. wasn't,didn't,hadn,t,have never.
May 9, 2020
I see, thank you for clearing this!
May 8, 2020
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