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I was wondering if the following two sentences have the same meaning. I'm
seeing both `をほしい` and `がほしい` on my `Anki deck` and I was just wondering if
they were interchangeable or if I just made a mistake when I was adding them
in.

> トムさんはともだち **を** ほしがっています。
>
> トムさんはともだち **が** ほしがっています。

Thank you everyone!
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particle-が particle-を
〜がほしがっています vs 〜をほしがっています
Grammaticaly speaking, を is the right choice here because of がる being attached
to ほしい. If ほしい is alone, then が is the right choice. But you may find both,
still, がほしい is way more common than をほしい and をほしがっている is more frequent that
がほしがっている.
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# Case 1:

When the speaker itself is the subject:

  * （私は、）新しい車がほしい。I want a new car.
  * （私は、）あなたに一万円を（私に）貸してほしい。I want you to lend ten thousands yen (to me).

# Case 2:

When the speaker wants to say that someone (third person) wants something or
wants to do something:

  * 彼は新しい車をほしがっている。He wants a new car.
  * 彼はあなたに一万円を（彼に）貸してほしがっている。He wants you to lend ten thousands yen (to him).

# Case 3:

When the speaker wants to ask someone (second person):

  * 新しい車がほしいですか。 Do you want a new car?

  * 一万円を貸してほしいですか。Do you want me to lend ten thousands yen?
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欲しい is an adjective, "を + adjective" is not common, "が + adjective" is common,
so が欲しい is common.

欲しがる is a verb and mainly used as a transitive verb, so を is usually placed
before 欲しがる.
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