Korean grammar · Level 1 · 1급
V-고 싶어요
I want to …
Add -고 싶어요 straight to the stem: 먹다 → 먹고 싶어요. There's no vowel rule to think about. Ask “what do you want to …?” with 뭐: 뭐 먹고 싶어요? For “I wanted to”, it's -고 싶었어요.
Examples
비빔밥 먹고 싶어요.
I want to eat bibimbap.
한국에 가고 싶어요.
I want to go to Korea.
뭐 마시고 싶어요?
What would you like to drink?
Practise it in context · Level 1, Unit 8
I want to eat bibimbap
A dialogue with audio, practice that checks itself, Hoya’s mistakes, a reading and a writing task.
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