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Wishes and yesterday

Attach -고 싶어요 to familiar action stems to express your own wish.

Quick phrase

저는 한국에 가고 싶어요.

I want to go to Korea.

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Review questions from Units 7–9.

저는 한국에 가고 싶어요.

I want to go to Korea.

물을 마시고 싶어요.

I want to drink water.

한국어를 공부하고 싶어요.

I want to study Korean.

어제 학교에 안 갔어요.

I did not go to school yesterday.

어제 밥을 안 먹었어요.

I did not eat a meal yesterday.

어제 공부 안 했어요.

I did not study yesterday.

뭐 하고 싶어요?

What do you want to do?

집에서 한국어를 공부하고 싶어요.

I want to study Korean at home.

뭐 마시고 싶어요?

What do you want to drink?

물 마시고 싶어요.

I want to drink water.

밥을 먹고 공부해요.

I eat a meal and study.

학교에 가고 한국어를 공부해요.

I go to school and study Korean.

한국어를 공부하고 책을 읽었어요.

I studied Korean and read a book.

Examples in this unit are text-based. No pronunciation recording or automatic speaking score is used.

Notice the pattern

Keep 고 attached to the action stem, then a space before 싶어요. Unlike 아요/어요, this ending uses the dictionary stem directly: 마시다 → 마시고 싶어요, not 마셔고 싶어요. These statements express your own wish. Asking a listener about a wish is common too; describing another person’s internal wish needs additional context or a different construction and is outside this lesson.

Try it yourself

Start with 마시다. Choose “I want to drink”.

Choose “I did not go to school yesterday”.

Build “I want to study Korean at home.”

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Does -고 always mean “because”?

RETRIEVE BEFORE YOU REVEAL

Say it in your own time.

Ask what your listener wants to do. Give a fictional reply about studying at home.

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