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Level 1 Lesson 13 / I want to … / -고 싶어요
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안녕하세요! In this TTMIK lesson, let’s look at how to say “I want to”!!! It’s very important to know how to say this when you start learning a foreign language because you need to express what you want in order to get what you want. Using this expression, you will be able to say what you want to eat, what you want to see, or where you want to go. Now listen in to find out how to use this expression, and while you do, be sure to check out the free PDF lesson notes as well! 감사합니다.
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Thanks for all the lessons. I this far and I love it. You’re lessons are easy to follow and you make them very interesting. I can’t wait to be able to translate this into Korean :-)
So then, if I wanted to say ” I want to learn korean” could I say
“한구고 배우고 싶어요. “?
굼싸함니다 ^_^
It was close. :)
한구고 배우고 싶어요 > 한국어 배우고 싶어요.
Excuse me, I have a question:
-고 싶어요 only means ”I want to”? or this can mean ”you want to”, ”she/he wants to”, ”they want to”, etc, too?
감사합니다
Of course, it can be used when you want to say ”you want to”, ”she/he wants to”, ”they want to”, etc.
Thanks for your comment, Iseul.
안녕하세요,
teacher! how can i say in Korean a ” I want to find a rice cake to eat it”…..
You can say “저는 떡을 찾아서 먹고 싶어요”.
If I were to ask someone if they wanted something. An object of some sort. Would I still have to add the 고 after the name of the object, or could I just say 싶어요? Like for example “do you want a bag” would be 가방고 싶어요? Or 가방 싶어요?
For the object, we add 을/를, but 고. http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/lessons/level-2-lesson-2-%EC%9D%84-%EB%A5%BC-object-marking-particles/
Concerning “-고 싶어요” pattern, there should be verb in the blank.
For example,
I want to swim. 저는 수영하고 싶어요.
Regarding “Do you want a bag?”, as the verb “want” means “~을 원하다” so it sentence can be translated as “가방을 원해요?”.
Just wanted to clarify 은/는 using this lesson. Can you say 서울은 가고 싶어요? And if you can, does it mean something like, there’s other places to go but I only want to go to Seoul or Seoul is the only place I want to go?
If I say 서울은 가고 싶어요 would that mean, there are other places to go but I only want to go to Seoul?
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