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I tried to make "to talk with friends" based on 彼と話がしたい, so my try is this:
友達と話がする, but not only I'm not sure about this, but I also have some questions
regarding its structure.

1.-Why that と? I studied that と means "and" and it can be used to make
conditionals, so why is it necessary in the sentence 彼と話がしたい?

2.-Even if my attempt is correct, I have the feeling that it doesn't mean
exactly what I want to express. Why using 話がする instead of using the verb 話す?

Thank you very much!
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translation particles particle-と
"to talk with friends" structure
> 「[彼]{かれ}と[話]{はなし} **が** したい」 is correct, but
>
> 「[友達]{ともだち}と話 **が** する」 is incorrect.

This is because of the difference in the verbs -- 「する」 and 「したい」 The correct
particles to use are:

> 「A + と + 話 + **を** + する」 = "to speak with A". 「 **を** 」 is the only possible
> particle to use here.
>
> 「A + と + 話 + **が or を** + したい」 = "to **want to** speak with A". Both
> particles are possible (even though using 「 **が** 」 is more common).

Hope you are following me...

> "Why that と? I studied that と means "and" and it can be used to make
> conditionals, so why is it necessary in the sentence 彼と話がしたい?"

「と」 can also mean "with". Some particles have multiple meanings.

> "Even if my attempt is correct, I have the feeling that it doesn't mean
> exactly what I want to express. Why using 話がする instead of using the verb
> 話す?"

As I stated above, you cannot say 「話 **が** する」. It is 「話 **を** する」 if you just
need to say "to speak with (someone)".
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