【-고 샆다】Express what you want to do and what you hope to achieve.

I want to travel abroad.
I want to improve my language skills.
I want to meet the nice person.

When you want to talk about what you want to do or what you hope to do.

In Korean, you can use different expressions depending on who or what you want.

Talk about your hopes and wishes.

Express what you want to do and what you want to do.

The word -고 싶다 is used to express what you want to do or what you hope and desire to do.

In short, it is a sentence that says, “I want to ~”.

How to use “-고 싶다”.

You can make sentences are added to the verb stem with “-고 싶다”.

There is no need to worry about such things as the presence of a patchum in the stem of a word.

내일은 계속 자고 싶습니다.
I hope to sleep all tomorrow.
(자다)

나중에 강남에서 집을 사고 싶어요.
I want to buy a house in Gangnam in the future.
(사다)

오랜만에 영화를 보러 가고 싶어요.
I want to go to the movies for the first time in a while.
(가다)

오늘은 마음껏 고기를 먹고 싶어요.
Today I want to eat meat to my heart content.
(먹다)

잠시 혼자 있고 싶어요.
I need to be alone for a moment.
(있다)

It is effective to practice -어요 and -습니다 at the end of a word, respectively.

To make a negative statement.

This is when you make the sentence, “I don’t want to ~.”

오늘은 일하고 싶지 않습니다.
I don’t want to work today.
(일하다)

내일은 학교에 가고 싶지 않아요.
I don’t want to go to school tomorrow.
(가다)

지금은 아무것도 하고 싶지 않아요.
I don’t want to do anything now.
(하다)

야채를 먹고 싶지 않아요.
I don’t want to eat vegetables.
(먹다)

매일 출근하고 싶지 않습니다.
I don’t want to go to work every day.
(출근하다)

-고 싶다 as negative sentence -고 싶지 않다 is added.

You should also practice affirmative and negative sentences respectively.

Express what others want to do.

Express what others want to do with “-고 싶어하다”.

This is a case of expressing what others want to do.

-고 싶어하다 to indicate what the third party wants to do.

How to use “-고 싶어하다”.

The basic usage is no different from “-고 싶다”.

오빠가 골프를 치고 싶어해요.
My brother wants to play golf.

동생이 야구를 보러 가고 싶어해요.
My brother wants to go see a baseball game.

유미씨는 중국어를 잘하고 싶어해요.
Yumi wants to improve her Chinese.

Now you will be able to express the wishes of others.

In addition, to make a negative sentence.

It is a case of expressing what others “don’t want to do”.

여기에는 아무도 오고 싶어하지 않아요.
Nobody wants to come here.

대부분의 공무원들은 일을 그만두고 싶어하지 않습니다.
Most public officers do not want to quit their jobs.

The sentences are somewhat long, but it is good to know that there is such a way of expression.

Let’s try expressing various things in Korean that you want to do or that your friends want to do.