Doesn't 欲しがっている always, or at least normally, take を？In the third person, it's 欲しがっている, unless if it's something they said, such as 欲しいと言っていました。
～たい form conjugates the same; したがる／したがっている
お兄さんは車が欲しがっている
お兄さんは車が欲しいと言いました
お兄さんは車が買いたがっている
お兄さんは車が買いたいって
That's right, Elizabeth, in all of the four sentences above except for the second one, the が must be changed to を. を could be a choice in the second sentence, too, but が sounds much more natural to the Japanese ear.お兄さんは車が欲しがっている
お兄さんは車が欲しいと言いました
お兄さんは車が買いたがっている
お兄さんは車が買いたいって
お兄さんの代わりにだれでも代入可能です！「誰かが何か欲しい」という場合は人間関係によるでし ょうか。お兄さんの代わりに他人でも正しいですか。
Although I think it is any たがる stem verb that should be indicated with を。 Of course が is normal before ほしい、 が preceeding たい being used to signal a stronger or more immediate expression of need or desire) so the two particles are not necessarily so easily interchangable even in a first person context...That makes more sense; since 欲しがる is a verb, を could be used to clearly mark the item that is desired.
You're amazingly good at observing language!This brings up an interesting issue
I was told by my native-speaking friend the following:
1 彼女、医者になりたいと言っている
２ 彼女、医者になりたがっている
The first seems to be a neutral sentence, stating the third person's (speaker) knowledge about the lady's intentions, and nothing else. The speaker may have learned this fact from the lady directly, or from a hearsay.
The second seems to have a subtle (negative) nuance in this context. The speaker is saying that, while the lady wants to be a physician, she may not be necessarily doing all the things that are needed to become one.
I don't know if others here agree with this. I haven't found written literature backing this theory, but this theory feel natural to me, since often I see "tagatte iru" with words like "bakkari" (ie. only)
欲しい and 欲しがる have always been a headache for me. Japanese teachers will always to use 欲しがる when speaking about someone else's wants, however, time and time again I see examples when it's not needed.
E.g. in a book I'm reading the author writes about annoying people on the train, saying: ドアの前に立ちたい奴がいっぱいいて、中へ詰めようと しない。
Notice she doesn't say ドアの前に立ちたがっている奴
I think the key is how explicitly the person wants to do something. If they outright say it, or if their body language/messages they send is quite obvious that they want to do something, then I think したい would be fine. The がる part means 'shows signs of' which gives a further clue. So ゴルフをやりたがる = 'shows signs of wanting to play golf'. Maybe if the person is always hinting at wanting to do something then you'd use がる.
I take back what I said in #9. Correct as you say.Although I think it is any たがる stem verb that should be indicated with を。 Of course が is normal before ほしい、 が preceeding たい being used to signal a stronger or more immediate expression of need or desire) so the two particles are not necessarily so easily interchangable even in a first person context...
grammar.. about "o" and "ga" for direct object | Japan Forum
Basically I wouldn't choose it if I were trying to be polite. 今日は焼きそばを食べたがってるの ? OK as a lighthearted question with close friends but not something I would present as a statement or accusation with someone I didn't know.This brings up an interesting issue
I was told by my native-speaking friend the following:
1 彼女、医者になりたいと言っている
２ 彼女、医者になりたがっている
The first seems to be a neutral sentence, stating the third person's (speaker) knowledge about the lady's intentions, and nothing else. The speaker may have learned this fact from the lady directly, or from a hearsay.
The second seems to have a subtle (negative) nuance in this context. The speaker is saying that, while the lady wants to be a physician, she may not be necessarily doing all the things that are needed to become one.
I don't know if others here agree with this. I haven't found written literature backing this theory, but this theory feel natural to me, since often I see "tagatte iru" with words like "bakkari" (ie. only)
She wrote a car三年前、お姉さんは車を書いたから、今は新しい車がほ しがっていないよ！