Japanese Beginner Phrases Podcast 1

Phrases covered:
何か食べたいです。 nanika tabetai desu. I’d like something to eat.
何か飲みたいです。 nanika nomitai desu. I’d like something to drink.

The focus is on the ーたい which adds the meaning of ‘want.’

食べる -> 食べ -> 食べたい
飲む -> 飲み -> 飲みたい

Vocabulary:
Learn each word well before moving on to the next lesson

何か nanika - something
食べる taberu - to eat
食べたい tabetai - want to eat
飲む nomu - to drink
飲みたい nomitai - want to drink
です desu - copula (connects the words together often like our to be verb)

それじゃまたね！ sore ja mata ne - See you again!