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欲しい is normally used to talk about your own feelings or, in informal situations, to ask someone directly about theirs.

• 私は新しい靴が欲しい。 = I want new shoes.

But when talking about what someone else seems to want, Japanese often uses 欲しがる.

• 娘は新しい靴を欲しがっている。 = My daughter is acting like she wants new shoes / seems to want new shoes.

This form sounds more natural because Japanese traditionally avoids stating another person’s inner feelings too directly unless there is some evidence from their behavior.

So here:

• 欲しがっている = is showing signs of wanting, keeps saying she wants, is wanting

It is a very common pattern:

• 〜たがる for things people want to do
• 〜欲しがる for things people want

That is a very common question because learners often know:

• 新しい靴が欲しい = I want new shoes

With 欲しい, the thing wanted is often marked by が.

However, 欲しがる behaves more like a regular verb, so the thing wanted is commonly marked by を:

• 新しい靴を欲しがる

So the contrast is:

• 娘は新しい靴が欲しい = My daughter wants new shoes
  
  • possible in some contexts, but can sound like the speaker is directly stating her inner feelings
• 娘は新しい靴を欲しがっている = My daughter is showing that she wants new shoes
  
  • more natural in many cases

In modern Japanese, you may sometimes hear variation, but for learners, the safest rule is:

• 欲しい → が
• 欲しがる → を

In this sentence, 〜ている shows an ongoing state or continuing behavior.

So:

• 欲しがる = to show signs of wanting
• 欲しがっている = is currently showing signs of wanting / has been wanting

It suggests this is not just a one-time moment. The daughter has been acting in a way that makes it clear she wants new shoes.

So the nuance is something like:

• She’s been wanting new shoes
• She keeps saying she wants new shoes
• She’s been acting like she wants new shoes

ので means because / since, and it gives the reason for the later action.

• 娘は新しい靴を欲しがっているので、…
• Because my daughter wants new shoes, ...

Compared with から, ので often sounds:

• a little softer
• a little more explanatory
• a little less direct or forceful

So:

• 〜から can sound more straightforward: because
• 〜ので often sounds more like: since / because

In this sentence, ので fits well because the speaker is calmly explaining the reason for the decision.

The comma marks a pause between the reason and the main action.

Structure:

• Reason: 娘は新しい靴を欲しがっているので
• Result/decision: 週末に一緒に店を見に行くことにした

In English, we also often pause after a long because/since clause at the beginning of a sentence.

The comma is especially natural here because the first part is fairly long.

一緒に means together.

Here it means the speaker and the daughter will go together.

• 週末に一緒に店を見に行く
• go look at shops together this weekend

It does not mean just physical closeness. It specifically means doing the action together.

Examples:

• 一緒に食べよう。 = Let’s eat together.
• 一緒に帰った。 = We went home together.

This can feel strange at first because in English we say go to a store, which makes learners expect something like 店に.

But in 店を見る, the verb 見る takes 店 as its direct object:

• 店を見る = look at shops / browse stores

Then 見に行く means go in order to look.

So:

• 店を見に行く = go look at stores
• more naturally in English here: go shop around, go check out some stores

The focus is not simply going to a store, but going to look at stores.

If you said 店に行く, that would simply mean go to the store.

So compare:

• 店に行く = go to a store
• 店を見に行く = go look at stores / browse shops

This is the pattern:

verb stem + に + 行く

It means go to do something.

Here:

• dictionary form: 見る
• verb stem: 見
• 見に行く = go to see/look

Other examples:

• 食べに行く = go to eat
• 買いに行く = go to buy
• 会いに行く = go to meet

So in the sentence:

• 店を見に行く
• literally: go to look at stores

This is a very important and common pattern in Japanese.

〜ことにする means decide to do.

So:

• 行くことにした = decided to go

This is different from:

• 行く = go / will go
• 行った = went

The sentence is describing a decision, not the actual completed trip yet.

Structure:

• dictionary form + ことにする = decide to do
• dictionary form + ことにした = decided to do

Examples:

• 勉強することにした。 = I decided to study.
• 早く寝ることにした。 = I decided to go to bed early.

So here the speaker is saying that because the daughter wants new shoes, they decided to go look at stores on the weekend.

Because ことにする is a fixed grammar pattern meaning to decide to do something.

It is not the ordinary object marker を pattern. You should learn it as a set expression:

• 〜ことにする = decide to do
• 〜ことになる = it is decided that / it turns out that

So:

• 行くことにした = decided to go
• 行くことをした is not the correct expression for this meaning

This is one of those cases where memorizing the whole pattern is best.

Here, に marks the specific time when something happens.

• 週末に = on the weekend / this weekend

Japanese often uses に with a specific point or occasion in time.

Examples:

• 三時に = at three o’clock
• 日曜日に = on Sunday
• 夏に = in summer

With broader time words, に is sometimes optional, but with 週末に it sounds very natural.

In this sentence, it most naturally means this coming weekend or at the weekend, depending on context.

Because the sentence is about a specific decision:

• the daughter wants new shoes
• so the speaker decided to go look at stores

That strongly suggests a particular upcoming weekend, not a general habit.

If it meant a regular habit, the sentence would usually be phrased differently.

The subject of した is not written explicitly, but from context it is most naturally the speaker, possibly together with the family.

So:

• 行くことにした = (I/we) decided to go

Japanese often omits subjects when they are clear from context.

Because the sentence begins with 娘は, learners sometimes wonder whether the daughter is the one who decided. But 娘は is the topic of the first clause: she wants new shoes. The person making the decision is understood from the whole situation, usually the parent/speaker.

So the flow is:

• As for my daughter, she wants new shoes
• so I/we decided to go look at stores together this weekend

は marks the topic: as for my daughter.

The speaker is setting up the daughter as the topic of the first clause:

• 娘は新しい靴を欲しがっている
• As for my daughter, she wants new shoes

If you used が, it would sound more like identifying her specifically, often with a stronger sense of focus:

• 娘が新しい靴を欲しがっている
• It’s my daughter who wants new shoes

That version is possible in some contexts, but は is more natural here because the daughter is simply the topic being talked about.

Literally, it means go look at stores. Depending on context, that can range from:

• just browsing
• checking what is available
• shopping around before buying
• going shopping

In this sentence, because the daughter wants new shoes, the natural interpretation is:

• go shop for shoes
• go look around some stores for shoes

Japanese often leaves that exact degree of intention unstated, and context fills it in.

Because Japanese often avoids repeating information that is already understood from context.

The first half tells us:

• the daughter wants new shoes

So when the sentence continues with:

• 店を見に行く
• go look at stores

we naturally understand they are going to look at stores for shoes.

In English, we might explicitly repeat it:

• We decided to go look for shoes at stores this weekend.

Japanese often sounds more natural when it leaves obvious information unsaid.

Yes. Japanese nouns usually do not show singular/plural the way English nouns do.

So 店 can mean:

• a store
• stores

In this sentence, English would most naturally translate it as stores or shops, because 店を見に行く often suggests browsing around rather than visiting exactly one specific store.

But grammatically, Japanese itself does not force a singular/plural choice here.

It is basically neutral polite written/spoken style in plain form, not super formal and not rough.

Points that affect the tone:

• plain verb forms: 欲しがっている, 行くことにした
• explanatory connector: ので, which sounds softer than から
• no sentence-ending politeness like です / ます

So it feels like natural narration or casual explanation, such as something someone might say in conversation or write in a diary/story.

It is not highly formal, but it is also not slangy or blunt.