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Wants to A
  1. Wants to A
  2. Shows signs of state/condition A
  3. Don't be A (afraid, shy, etc.)
かれ なに           
It seems like he wants to eat something.
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     カラオケ  したがって いる     この   カラオケ  ありません  
Tanaka wants to sing karaoke, but there are no karaoke places around here.
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                       つもり  
My younger brother wants to ride a horse, so we are going to go to a farm tomorrow.
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My parents want to see me.
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He wants to drink alcohol.
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Sato wanted to wear new shoes.
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Taro wanted to begin to eat early.

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AVerb: たい-form (Want to..)
-い
がって
いる
Basic Examples:
いたがっている ((someone) wants to say)

AVerb: たい-form (Want to..)
-い
がる
Basic Examples:
びたがる ((someone) wants to play)

Notes
Only used with third person.
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Shows signs of state/condition A
  1. Wants to A
  2. Shows signs of state/condition A
  3. Don't be A (afraid, shy, etc.)
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It seems like Aya wants something.
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                        まで          
She's always wanted to ride in Daddy (your)'s car. She asked for you to take her to kindergarten today.
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She seems scared.
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What is everyone afraid of?
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My father doesn't like it when guests come to the house.

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Aい-adjective
-い
がって
いる
Basic Examples:
しがっている ((so and so) wants)

Aな-adjective
-な
がって
いる
Basic Examples:
がっている (seems to be popular)

Aい-adjective
-い
がる
Basic Examples:
がる (seems to be having fun)

Aな-adjective
-な
がる
Basic Examples:
がる (seems famous)

Notes
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Note on particles:

While ~たい and ~しい take the particle が, ~たがっている and ~しがっている take the particle を.
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Often used with the emotions of others. In the examples below, see ほしがる (seem to want) りたがる (seem to want to ride/board the car). In Japanese, we can never speak definitively about someone else's feelings, so we use things like ~がる or ~そう.

Note that ~がる makes an adjective into a verb.
る=verb りたい=adjective りたがる=verb again.
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Don't be A (afraid, shy, etc.)
  1. Wants to A
  2. Shows signs of state/condition A
  3. Don't be A (afraid, shy, etc.)
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                    して ください  
Don't be so shy and please give a great speech.
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Don't be afraid and try to dance.

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Aな-adjective
 
Aい-adjective -い
 
 
がらないで
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ずかしがらないで (don't be shy)

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がっている is actually is a combination of がる + ている.

So sentences like these are also possible:
そこへきたがるもいない。There is no one who wants to go there. (Tangorin)
メグはについてでもりたがる。Meg is curious to know everything about Japan. (Tangorin)
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Thanks, added them!
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Just like to point out that the model sentence "おとうとはうまにのりたがっているのであしたいっしょにのうかにいくつもりだ" highlights the wrong part of the sentence in red. Nothing serious, but can possibly confuse people :)
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Thanks!
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i dont understand how to use がらないで with the たいform. could anybody explain
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Should not have been on there, and has been taken off. Sorry about that!
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A little mistake with the 3rd example sentence - rule given for いadjs rather than なadjs. Could be confusing.
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Which sentence specifically are you referring to?
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In the how to use section of the "Shows signs of state/condition A" I think the
な-adjectiveA - い REMOVE + がる should be
な-adjectiveA - な REMOVE + がる
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Thank you for catching that typo!
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I was wondering. If you want to say that someone else wants to do blank, can't you just use the たい form? Or is that only used when referring to yourself?
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In Japanese you can never assume what someone else is thinking or feeling - using just たい does assume absolute knowledge, so it's considered innapropriate to use by itself when referring to another person.
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A good thing to keep in mind as well is that you can use the たい form when quoting someone else. きたいって He says he wants to go to Tokyo.
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[quote author=Lang_learner link=topic_id=4933&post_id=29258#rmsg_29258 date=1372118142]I was wondering. If you want to say that someone else wants to do blank, can't you just use the たい form? Or is that only used when referring to yourself?[/quote] In informal speech it's quite common to use たい with your friend or significant other. For example: べたい? What do you wanna eat? While that may not be 100% grammatically correct everyone does it.
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Oh ok, thank you all very much! I was quite confused, but now it makes sense. :D
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[quote author=fareastfurfaro link=topic_id=4933&post_id=29261#rmsg_29261 date=1372166729]In informal speech it's quite common to use たい with your friend or significant other. For example: べたい? What do you wanna eat? While that may not be 100% grammatically correct everyone does it.[/quote] Fareast - a note on that; while that is often used, that kind of phrase isn't used *in reference* to another person, and it's a question, so the assumption of knowledge isn't there - that's why that type of question works, it has nothing to do with formality (because you can also ask someone べたいんですか and that's also fine) ;)
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I see! になりました。ありがとう!
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sorry i found this dialogue with is from a text book in which explain the がる form. the dialogue is A: 、おりなさい。どうだって? B: しかったよ。ヒッチハイクもうまくいったし。こわがらないでやってみてよかった。 A: そうだね。 I don't understand why the B person is using the わがらないで referring to himself, it's not usually a grammar rule to use for other feelings? Thank you veru much for your help.
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This is a special form that comes with several adjectives: はずかしい > はずかしがる こわい > こわがる etc. The usage of these is 'to become [feeling/condition', so in the dialogue, he's saying he is glad he didn't get scared and try it.
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In third person, the がる suffix is used to deduce someone else's emotions from appearances. In the first person, it means a feeling for no valid reason, an emotion "over nothing".
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Thank you very much! now i understood! :D
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About the second usage, by referring verbs which represent a state/condition (like れる、する、る, etc.), isn't it still possible to use it with verb? For instance, saying 'りたがっている' doesn't always mean '(seems) want to angry' but means 'seems angry' instead. Then how about れたがる, does it always means 'seems want to get tired'? I believe it's roughly depend on context, though. So how do you think?
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@mysticfive thoughts on this nuance?

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About the second usage, by referring verbs which represent a state/condition (like れる、する、る, etc.), isn't it still possible to use it with verb? For instance, saying 'りたがっている' doesn't always mean '(seems) want to angry' but means 'seems angry' instead. Then how about れたがる, does it always means 'seems want to get tired'? I believe it's roughly depend on context, though. So how do you think?

I've never heard this grammar pattern used in this way; usually, if you want to say someone seems angry/tired etc, you hear things like っているらしい、れているようです、しているみたい。Not to say the above *can't* be used, just that if it can, it's probably a rarer usage... But especially since the ~たい form is in there for verbs, it would seem to lead one to believe that the condition is desired, like you said - one wants to become angry, one wants to be tired...

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I guess you're right. Another one, are these count as the second usage (or the third?) too? がり is sensitive to heat がり is sensitive to cold がり is coward when「(や)」attached, it'd mean the 'type of the person that (sensitive to...)'; it doesn't seems work with all adjective, though. And for がる, does it always means "pretend to be tough" (negative nuance) and not "seems strong" (does not contain negative nuance)?
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I would say the ~がり is most similar to usage 2, but I'm not sure if I'd put them together in the same thing.

with がる, it's not something that I've personally heard too often, but I would say that it would more have the pretending connotation - if you wanted to say someone seems strong, I'd go more with そう

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