Korean Desire How To Conjugate Verbs To Mean \"i Want.\"

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Psy Monday 30th of October 2006 01:06:43 AM
Desire - Hi. I\'m a newbie. Maybe this is old stuff for you. In any case, since there isn\'t much information regarding grammar/conjugations, I figured it\'d be handy to post something about it here.

[size=3][b]Korean Verb Stems[/b][/size]
I\'ve heard there are exceptions, but for the most part these guys are easy. All you need to do is rip off the ´Ù (da) at the end of the verb you looked up in the dictionary. That\'s the stem.

[size=3][b]Saying \"I want.\"[/b][/size]
Add \"°í ½Í¾î¿ä\" (go ship\'eoyo) to the stem. Easy as pie:

¸¶½Ã´Ù = to drink
¸¶½Ã = to drink (stem)
¸¶½Ã°í ½Í¾î¿ä = I want to drink
¸ÆÁÖ¸¦ ¸¶½Ã°í ½Í¾î¿ä = I want to drink a beer. :D

¸Ô´Ù = to eat
¸Ô = to eat (stem)
¸Ô°í ½Í¾î¿ä = I want to eat.
Á¡½É ¸Ô°í ½Í¾î¿ä = I want to eat lunch. :D

¿À´Ã ¸Ô¿ì·¯ ÀÏº»½Ä´ç¿¡ °¡°í ½Í¾î¿ä. = I want to go and eat at the Japanese restaurant today.

Hope that was an interesting tidbit. Mistakes very possible. Please correct if necessary.

mteric Sunday 19th of November 2006 06:31:53 AM
- Thanks for the explanation! Pretty easy. How about saying \"I don\'t want to...\"?

Isn\'t it something like: 고 싶지않아요.

먹고 싶지않아요. = I don\'t want to eat.

freistiler Monday 27th of November 2006 07:35:36 PM
- 아니요,하고 아하고아앂어요. Perphaps it\'s something like this ^^ I don\'t know.

Bryan Sunday 24th of December 2006 11:35:51 PM
- I will add some more explanation along with some corrections!

Psy\'s explanation is very good but there\'s an error.
it\'s ¸ÔÀ¸·¯, not ¸Ô¿ì·¯.

and to answer to the question of mteric,
you know it well already. it\'s -°í ½ÍÁö ¾Ê¾Æ¿ä, but there was a mistake in spacing. but the majority of native speakers don\'t know the spacing rule well.. even i don\'t care when i write informally. haha. also you can say -±â ½È¾î¿ä. although it has the same root as the verb \'to hate\' or \'to not like\' in Korean which is \"½È¾îÇÏ-\", \"½È-\" just means \"to not want to\". For example,

¿À´Ã ¹ä(À»/Àº) ¸Ô±â ½È¾î¿ä. (I don\'t want to eat today)
ÇÐ±³(¿¡) °¡±â ½È¾î¿ä. (I don\'t wanna go to school)

but
¸ÆÁÖ(¸¦/´Â) ½È¾îÇØ¿ä. (I don\'t like beer.)

Note that in informal speech, the markers (or particles) -Àº/´Â, -À»/¸¦, etc can be omitted.

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	Psy	Monday 30th of October 2006 01:06:43 AM
	Desire - Hi. I\'m a newbie. Maybe this is old stuff for you. In any case, since there isn\'t much information regarding grammar/conjugations, I figured it\'d be handy to post something about it here. [size=3][b]Korean Verb Stems[/b][/size] I\'ve heard there are exceptions, but for the most part these guys are easy. All you need to do is rip off the ´Ù (da) at the end of the verb you looked up in the dictionary. That\'s the stem. [size=3][b]Saying \"I want.\"[/b][/size] Add \"°í ½Í¾î¿ä\" (go ship\'eoyo) to the stem. Easy as pie: ¸¶½Ã´Ù = to drink ¸¶½Ã = to drink (stem) ¸¶½Ã°í ½Í¾î¿ä = I want to drink ¸ÆÁÖ¸¦ ¸¶½Ã°í ½Í¾î¿ä = I want to drink a beer. :D ¸Ô´Ù = to eat ¸Ô = to eat (stem) ¸Ô°í ½Í¾î¿ä = I want to eat. Á¡½É ¸Ô°í ½Í¾î¿ä = I want to eat lunch. :D ¿À´Ã ¸Ô¿ì·¯ ÀÏº»½Ä´ç¿¡ °¡°í ½Í¾î¿ä. = I want to go and eat at the Japanese restaurant today. Hope that was an interesting tidbit. Mistakes very possible. Please correct if necessary.
	mteric	Sunday 19th of November 2006 06:31:53 AM
	- Thanks for the explanation! Pretty easy. How about saying \"I don\'t want to...\"? Isn\'t it something like: 고 싶지않아요. 먹고 싶지않아요. = I don\'t want to eat.
	freistiler	Monday 27th of November 2006 07:35:36 PM
	- 아니요,하고 아하고아앂어요. Perphaps it\'s something like this ^^ I don\'t know.
	Bryan	Sunday 24th of December 2006 11:35:51 PM
	- I will add some more explanation along with some corrections! Psy\'s explanation is very good but there\'s an error. it\'s ¸ÔÀ¸·¯, not ¸Ô¿ì·¯. and to answer to the question of mteric, you know it well already. it\'s -°í ½ÍÁö ¾Ê¾Æ¿ä, but there was a mistake in spacing. but the majority of native speakers don\'t know the spacing rule well.. even i don\'t care when i write informally. haha. also you can say -±â ½È¾î¿ä. although it has the same root as the verb \'to hate\' or \'to not like\' in Korean which is \"½È¾îÇÏ-\", \"½È-\" just means \"to not want to\". For example, ¿À´Ã ¹ä(À»/Àº) ¸Ô±â ½È¾î¿ä. (I don\'t want to eat today) ÇÐ±³(¿¡) °¡±â ½È¾î¿ä. (I don\'t wanna go to school) but ¸ÆÁÖ(¸¦/´Â) ½È¾îÇØ¿ä. (I don\'t like beer.) Note that in informal speech, the markers (or particles) -Àº/´Â, -À»/¸¦, etc can be omitted.