Genki I Chapter 11: たい-Form and や

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たい form
Shows that you want to do (verb). You take the stem of a verb and add たい. Conjugates like an い adjective.
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Negative たい-Form
Take the たい form, drop the い, add くない
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Past たい-Form
Take the たい form, drop い, add かった
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Past, Negative たい-Form
Take the たい form, change to negative, add かった
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~たいと思っている
Shows that you have wanted to do (verb) for quite some time.
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たい-Form for Other People
You DO NOT usually use the たい form to show someone else's desires. You can use quotations, observations, or guesses instead. So using と言っている with たい would be okay.
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Verb in たい-Form + と言っている
"They said they wanted to (verb)"
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Verb Stem + たがる
"It seems that he/she/they wants to (verb)"
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Informal Past Tense Verb + り + Informal Past Tense Verb + りする
"Do things such as A and B"

You can use the て-form of a verb to say that you did A and B, but by using that sentence structure you make it seem like you ONLY did A and B and in that order. り/りする means that you did A and B, but there were some other things that you did as well.

The tense of the final する determines the overall tense of the sentence.
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と言えば
Speaking of...
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Past tense sentence + ことがある
Saying that you've done something. The tense of ある dictates the tense of the whole sentence.
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Noun A + や + Noun B
"A and B" Acts like the と particle, except it's not exhaustive.
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