G10.2 ~고 싶다 'Be desirous of . . .'

~고 싶다 is used to express your internal desire. It can only be used to express your own internal desire or ask the listener's desire. It CANNOT be used to describe someone else's.

To describe someone else's desire, ~고 싶어 해요 must be used when you know that person's desire through external signs that show his or her desire.

[NOTE] ~고 is often pronounced as [구] in Seoul dialects; ~고 싶어요 > ~구 싶어요. The same applies to 그리고/그리구, 나도/나두, -하고/하구.

 

A. What would you feel like/be desirous of doing when:

1.

you see a yummy-looking food:

맛있는 라볶기가 있어요. 고 싶어요.

2.

you see a fancy-looking pair of shoes:

멋있는 구두를 봤어요. 고 싶어요.

3.

you feel so sleepy:

어제 잠을 못 잤어요. 그래서 졸려요. 고 싶어요

4.

someone you care and love is away:

여자친구가 한국에 있어요. 보고 싶어요.

5.

You see someone speak Korean fluently:

한국어를 잘 하네요! 나도 한국어를 잘 하고 싶어요<.

6.

On a hot summer day:

Too hot => Water play

날씨가 더워요. 콜라를 마시고 싶어요/수영하러 가고 싶어요/물놀이 가고 싶어요.

 

B. 뭐 하고 싶으세요? What would you feel like/be desirous of doing if:

1. 돈이 많아요.
2. 아침을 안 먹었어요. 그래서 배가 고파요.
3. you have a few more days before the semester begins:
4. you are going to buy a car: 무슨 차를 사고 싶어요?
5. you can meet anyone you like: 누구를 제일 만나고 싶어요?
6. you plan to travel: 어느 나라에 제일 가고 싶어요?

 

C. Something you hope/want to do:

뭐 하고 싶어요? What do you want to do?

  • Do exercise more
  • Study Korean hard
  • Go on a trip to a place you have dreamed of going
  • Buy a new car

 

 

. . .~고 싶은 . . . 있어요? Is there . . . you like to . . .?

 

D. When you were young, 뭐가 되고 싶었어요?

E. -이/가 -을/를 conversion:

when some desire just occurs to your mind, -이/가 (instead of -을/를) ~고 싶어요 is natural:

김치가/(x)를 먹고 싶어요. [cf. 김치를 먹다]

 

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