無人島で３日間何も食べていない状態を想像してみてください。あなたは今、死ぬほどおなかがすいています。何でもいいから食べたい。さて、あなたなら何を探しますか？ Imagine that you are left on a deserted island and you haven’t eaten for three days. You are starving to death. You want to eat anything you can find. What do you look for?
The usage of 食べたい in the third sentence is no problem, even though the implied subject for this verb is “you.” Do note that the reason why you cannot usually use “verb+たい” for second or third person sentences is that you cannot say someone else’s desires correctly. In this case, however, the writer can assert "your" desire since this is a hypothetical situation, where the writer decides every detail.
Japanese Version
The usage of 食べたい in the third sentence is no problem, even though the implied subject for this verb is “you.” Do note that the reason why you cannot usually use “verb+たい” for second or third person sentences is that you cannot say someone else’s desires correctly. In this case, however, the writer can assert "your" desire since this is a hypothetical situation, where the writer decides every detail.
Japanese Version
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