Korean grammar · Level 3 · 3급
-았/었으면 좋겠다
I hope…, I wish…
Taught in Level 3, Unit 5: The more I know her, the more I like her
in Unit 11 of Level 2 you learned -(으)면 좋겠다. The everyday way to say a wish uses the past stem -았/었- before the same ending. You will hear it all the time, so this unit finishes the wish family and compares its four members.
Example
동생이 방을 좀 치웠으면 좋겠어요.
I wish my younger sibling would tidy the room a bit.

The full explanation is in the unit · part of the Level 3 Pass, opening soon · Level 3, Unit 5
The more I know her, the more I like her
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