〜たい (です) is conjugated like which of the following?

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The question asks: '〜たい (です) is conjugated like which of the following?'

Options provided: a. An adjective

Analysis of the given option:
- a. An adjective: This is a common point of confusion for learners, but in Japanese the tai form is not an adjective conjugation in the same sense as i-adjectives (which change endings like -i to -く, -くない, -かった, etc.). Instead, 〜たい attaches to the verb's stem to express desire to perform the action. For example, 食べたい comes from 食べる (to eat) plus たい, and 飲みたい comes from 飲む (to drink) plus たい. Therefore, 〜たい behaves grammatically with verbs, using the verb-stem/masu-stem rather than behaving like an adjective; treating it as an adjective is a misconception.

Additional context to help distinguish:
- When you want to say you want to do something, you attach たい to the dictionary/masu-stem of a verb (食べたい、行きたい、勉強したい), and you can conjugate for tense and politeness (食べたいです, 食べたかった, 食べたくない, etc.).
- If you treat 〜たい as an ordinary adjective, you might incorrectly apply adjective-specific conjugation rules, which would lead to errors in forms like 〜たいくない or 〜たいかった in some contexts; in standard usage, the correct approach is to treat it as a verbal auxiliary form.

There are no other options provided to compare here, but based on standard Japanese grammar, the correct classification is that 〜たい is not an adjective conjugation; it attaches to verbs via the ます-stem to express desire, functioning differently from ordinary adjectives. The given option 'An adjective' is therefore not accurate.

〜たい (です) is conjugated like which of the following?

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