Preference · a reason to speak · LESSON 4 / 4
What do you want to do?
Ask a listener about a wish and give a short reply.
Quick phrase
뭐 하고 싶어요?What do you want to do?
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뭐 하고 싶어요? asks “What do you want to do?” in an appropriate polite conversation. 뭐 먹고 싶어요? asks what the listener wants to eat. Read a fictional conversation: one person asks about an activity, and the other wants to study Korean at home.
Listen and choose
Listen first. Choose what you hear. This optional practice does not change your saved quiz score.
What do you want to do?
I want to study Korean at home.
What do you want to drink?
I want to drink water.
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I want to go to Korea.
One glass of water, please.
Questions can use the same polite -고 싶어요 ending, with question intonation. The listener’s wish is being asked about, not asserted as a fact. In a short reply, 물 마시고 싶어요 can omit 을; sentence-building practice keeps 물을 explicit. A wish is also different from a café request: 물 한 잔 주세요 actually asks someone to give you a glass of water.
Try it yourself
Which asks what the listener wants to drink?
In the example, where does the learner want to study?
Which is a request for someone to give you water, rather than only stating a wish?
Build “I want to study Korean at home.”
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Is 물 마시고 싶어요 necessarily wrong because 을 is omitted?
RETRIEVE BEFORE YOU REVEAL
Say it in your own time.
Ask what your listener wants to do. Give a fictional reply about studying at home.
뭐 하고 싶어요? 집에서 한국어를 공부하고 싶어요.
This is your own speaking check; pronunciation is not recorded or graded.
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