22879
(私は)山田先生 **が** 私の指導教員になってもらってほしいのでメールを書いています。

I am trying to say: "I hope Yamada Sensei could be my advisor, so I'm writing
this mail."

In this situation, is が the correct particle?
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-02-18T00:29:04.150
22867
2015-02-18T16:04:26.080
2015-02-18T16:04:26.080
78
9346
question
particles
Particle Choice: は・が・を - "I want ... to be my ..."
The correct particle to use there is 「に」. Another possibility is 「と」, but 「に」
would be far more common. Some children might use 「が」, but they, too, will
grow out of it in time.

> 「(person) + **に** + (thing/position) + **に** + なってもらう」 = "to have (person)
> become a/my (thing/position)"

I actually see a huge problem in the middle part of your sentence. Not sure if
I should correct it, but 「なってもらってほしい」 makes no sense.

It is 「なってほしい」 or 「なってもらいたい」 for grammatical correctness, but because those
lack any respect for the teacher, you would want to say: 「なっていただきたい」

> 「[山田先生]{やまだせんせい} **に** [指導教員]{しどうきょういん} **に** なっていただきたく、メールをお[送]{おく}りしています。」
CC BY-SA 3.0
2015-02-18T07:06:56.617
22879
2015-02-18T07:06:56.617
22867
answer