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📘 Grammar 9: How to Use ~고 싶어요 – Expressing Desire in Korean

📘 How to Use ~고 싶어요 – Expressing Desire in Korean Do you want to eat? Want to go? Want to sleep? In Korean, when you want to express your desire to do something, you can use the grammar structure: Verb stem + 고 싶어요 . In this lesson, you’ll learn how to say what you want to do in Korean using “~고 싶어요”,  🧠 What Does ~고 싶어요 Mean? “~고 싶어요” literally means “I want to...” You attach it to the stem of an action verb to express that you want to do that action. Structure: Verb stem + 고 싶어요 → “I want to (verb)” Examples: 먹다 (to eat) → 먹고 싶어요 – I want to eat 가다 (to go) → 가고 싶어요 – I want to go 자다 (to sleep) → 자고 싶어요 – I want to sleep 💬 Sentence Patterns 1) Basic: 저는 + [verb stem + 고 싶어요] 저는 쉬고 싶어요 – I want to rest 2) With object: [object + 을/를] + [verb stem + 고 싶어요] 김밥을 먹고 싶어요 – I want to eat gimbap 3) Negative: 고 싶지 않아요 → “I don’t want to...” 가고 싶지 않아요 – I don’t want to go 📘 Common Verbs + ~고 싶어요 Verb (Base) Desire For...