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Want to A
This is a stronger expression of want/desire than ~たい.
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できれば  アメリカ                   
If it's possible before I return to America, I really want to try to go to Okinawa.
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I would like to travel alone.
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いつか イギリス          
I'd like to visit England some day.

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AVerb: たい-form (Want to..)
もの
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oddic
Level: 19
(11 days ago)

For general hopes and wishes, not used to directly express a concrete wish or request.

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nyaachan
Level: 1
(10 years ago)
Can use it with ほしい, Vて+ほしい+ものだ。
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fareastfurfaro
Level: 1
(14 years ago)
~たいもんだ is the colloquial form.
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fareastfurfaro
Level: 1
(14 years ago)
Often used with なんとか~たいものだ and なんとかして~たいものだ expressions.
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Discussion about this grammar
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OneiricDiver
Level: 30

I have seen sentences with たいのだ and たいんです instead of たいものだ, but with the same meaning. Are they the same thing?

For example:
をしたいのだが、おがありません = I want to travel but I don't have money
したいんですが、ラジオをさくしていただけませんか。 = I want to study Japanese, but can you turn out the radio?

And I think, any of these variations are possible too (correct me if I'm wrong):
たい + もの + だ / です / である
たい + の + だ / です / である
たい + ん + だ / です / である


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7 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262

Did you two come to a consensus in that other thread about the difference?


もの tends to be stronger, so they are the same meaning wise (roughly), but it's hard to represent that "stronger" in the translation.

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