TOPIK I · LEVEL 2
-고 싶어 하다
-고 싶어 하다 says what someone else wants to do (third person).
목적·의도Purpose, plans & wishesHan: You can't state another person's inner wish with -고 싶다; use -고 싶어 하다.
Examples
친구는 한국에서 살고 싶어 해요.My friend wants to live in Korea.
동생이 놀이공원에 가고 싶어 해요.My younger sibling wants to go to the amusement park.
아이들이 강아지를 키우고 싶어 했어요.The children wanted to have a puppy.
Don’t mix up
-고 싶어 하다vs-고 싶다저는 자고 싶어요 'I want to sleep' vs 동생이 자고 싶어 해요 'my sibling wants to sleep'.How to build it
V+고 싶어 하다
가다 → 가고 싶어 해요
- For your own wishes use -고 싶다; for others, -고 싶어 하다.
- In questions to the listener, -고 싶어요? is fine: 뭐 먹고 싶어요?
Classic mistake
Wrong: 제 친구는 커피를 마시고 싶어요.
Right: 제 친구는 커피를 마시고 싶어 해요.
You can't state another person's inner wish with -고 싶다; use -고 싶어 하다.
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- -(으)ㄹ까 보다Expresses a vague intention the speaker is considering: 'I think I might…, I'm thinking of…'. Spoken, about the speaker's own plans.
- -(으)려고 하다-(으)려고 하다 says what someone intends or plans to do; with things or nature, it can also mean that something is about to happen.
- -기 위해(서)-기 위해(서) means 'in order to': the first clause is the purpose of the second.
- -을/를 위해(서)N을/를 위해(서) means 'for the sake of N / for N'.
- -기로 하다-기로 하다 means that someone has decided, or agreed with someone else, to do something.
- -(으)면-(으)면 attaches to a verb or adjective to set a condition: "if X happens or is true, then Y," and it can also mean "whenever X" for things that regularly happen.
- -(으)ㄴ 지Shows how much time has passed since an action happened.
- -(으)ㄹ 것Ends a written instruction or rule with a noun-like command: 'do X; X is to be done'. Impersonal and firm; used in notices, exam instructions, memos and rule lists.