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What is the difference between kohii dake ga hoshii desu and kohii dake hoshii desu ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Both sounds slightly unnatural...
kohii dake ga hoshii desu
コーヒーだけが欲しいです：I would like coffee. I don't need anything else.
to make it more natural: コーヒーの他(hoka)は要(i)りません。
kohii dake hoshii desu
コーヒーだけ欲しいです：All I would like to buy/drink is coffee.
more natural: コーヒーだけで結構(kekkoo)です。
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You're emphasizing "dake" by adding "ga". So, you're clearer with the fist sentence that you need nothing else but coffee.
By the way, if this is something you want to say at cafe, restaurant or to someone offering you some drink, you would say "kohii dake kudasai" or "kohii wo burakku de kudasai (no sugar nor cream)", because when you say "kohii dake hoshii desu", you're like saying "All I want is coffee".
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