[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pubgrp:kg-go-sipda:ko:en":3},{"type":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"level":7,"goal":8,"image_path":9,"is_locked":10,"is_daily_free":10,"formula":11,"gloss":14,"desc":15,"desc_audio":9,"voices":16,"examples":17,"fills":54,"choices":55},"grammar","kg-go-sipda","-고 싶다 (Want to)","elementary","Expressing desire with ~고 싶다",null,false,[12,13],"Verb stem + ~go sipda","meokda → meokgo sipda (want to eat)","Expressing desire with ~go sipda","In English, we express want\u002Fdesire with a simple verb: \"I want to eat\" or \"I want to sleep.\" The action and the want are treated as separate ideas joined by \"to.\" Korean **flips this perspective entirely**. Instead of treating \"want\" as a separate concept, Korean **adds a grammatical suffix directly to the action itself**, creating a new descriptive verb form. This is crucial: `-고 싶다` doesn't mean \"I want to do X\"—it literally means **\"I am in a state of wanting to do X,\"** treating desire as a quality or condition attached to the verb, not as an external desire.\n\nThis difference reflects a deeper **grammatical mindset**: English separates the feeler (I) from the feeling (want to eat). Korean **merges them into one verb structure** where the desire becomes part of the action's description. When you say `먹고 싶어요` (literally: \"eating, in a state of wanting\"), you're not adding a separate desire layer—you're describing a single state of being that includes the desire.\n\nFor `하다` verbs (action verbs that end in 하다), the pattern changes slightly: instead of adding `-고 싶다` to the stem, you use the gerund form `하고` and attach `싶다`. So `공부하다` becomes `공부하고 싶다`, not `공부다고 싶다`. This is because `하` is the main action carrier, and you modify that `하` directly.\n\n**Why this matters**: English speakers expect \"want + infinitive\" as the mental model. Korean builds want *into* the verb itself as a condition. 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