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Instead, it sets up WHY or WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO before the main verb. English speakers expect intention to be the main point (\"I want to...\"), but Korean puts it in a supporting role that leads to another action. This mirrors Korean thinking: **the intention is the reason; the actual action is what matters.**\n\nFor example, \"회사에 가려고 준비했어요\" is literally \"**with the intention of going to the company, I prepared**\"—the intention explains the preparation. English would say \"I prepared to go to the company\" or \"I prepared because I'm going,\" but these feel awkward. The Korean structure is **more direct about causality**: intention → resulting action.\n\nThe form changes based on the verb stem's final consonant: stems ending in consonants use `-으려고`, while vowel-stems use `-려고`. 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