Korean grammar · Level 4 · 4급
-아/어 주었으면 한다
I'd like you to …
-아/어 주었으면 한다 is a soft, heartfelt request: “I would like you to…”, “I wish you would…”. It is common in letters and speeches. In conversation it shortens to -아/어 줬으면 해요, and for someone older it becomes -아/어 주셨으면 해요.
Examples
이 편지를 네가 직접 읽어 주었으면 한다.
I would like you to read this letter yourself.
답장을 쓰면 제일 먼저 읽어 주셨으면 해요.
When I write my reply, I'd like you to be the first to read it.
모두 조금 일찍 와 주었으면 합니다.
I'd like everyone to come a little early.
Practise it in context · Level 4, Unit 10
Hoya reads the letter
A dialogue with audio, practice that checks itself, Hoya’s mistakes, a reading and a writing task.
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