Korean grammar · Level 3 · 3급
-았/었으면 좋겠다
I wish …, I really hope …
You met -(으)면 좋겠다 in Level 2. With the past form, -았/었으면 좋겠다, the wish sounds stronger and more heartfelt, as if you can already picture it done. The meaning is still about now or the future.
Examples
지민 씨가 제 마음을 알았으면 좋겠어요.
I wish Jimin knew how I feel.
내일은 날씨가 좋았으면 좋겠어요.
I really hope the weather's nice tomorrow.
시험이 빨리 끝났으면 좋겠어요.
I wish the exam would hurry up and finish.
Practise it in context · Level 3, Unit 3
The more I know her, the more I like her
A dialogue with audio, practice that checks itself, Hoya’s mistakes, a reading and a writing task.
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