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Structure

Plain

Stem + 고 싶다

Formal polite

Stem + 고 싶어요

Informal polite

Stem + 고 싶어

Past

Stem + 고 싶었다

-고 싶다 expresses desire - "want to."

한국에가고싶어요

I want to go to Korea.

Attaches to verb stem. Conjugates like an adjective (싶어요, 싶었어요).

First/second person mainly

- For third person: -고 싶어하다

- 그는 가고 싶어해요 (He wants to go)

-고 싶지 않다 = don't want to

- 가고 싶지 않아요

Object can take 이/가 or 을/를

한국에가고싶어요.

I want to go to Korea.

뭐먹고싶어요?

What do you want to eat?

쉬고싶어요.

I want to rest.

영화를보고싶었어요.

I wanted to watch a movie.

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