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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Korean with Fexingo. I'm Lucas, and with me is Luna. Luna: Hey everyone! I actually tried that sports vocabulary from last time. I said I like baseball, but I think I said 농구 instead of 야구. Oops. Lucas: Oh, close! 농구 is basketball, 야구 is baseball. But hey, you used the pattern correctly. That's what matters. Luna: Yeah, I'm getting there. So what are we learning today? Lucas: Today we are going to talk about wanting something. The verb is 원하다, which means 'to want'. Luna: 원하다. Okay, that's useful. I want coffee all the time. Lucas: Exactly. So let's start with the question 'What do you want?' In Korean, that is 뭘 원해요? 뭘 원해요? Luna: 뭘 원해요? 뭘 원해요? Lucas: Perfect. 뭘 is a contraction of 무엇을, meaning 'what'. 원해요 is the polite present tense of 원하다. So 뭘 원해요? Luna: 뭘 원해요? Got it. And if I want to answer, I say 저는 커피를 원해요, right? Lucas: Exactly! 저는 커피를 원해요. Let's break it down: 저는 means 'I', 커피를 is 'coffee' with the object particle, and 원해요 is 'want'. So 저는 커피를 원해요. Luna: 저는 커피를 원해요. That sounds natural. What if I want something else, like water? Lucas: Then you say 저는 물을 원해요. 물 is water. Easy, right? So just swap in the thing you want. Luna: Okay. So if I'm at a café, I can say 저는 커피를 원해요. That's straightforward. Lucas: Absolutely. Now, there's another common way to express wanting, especially with actions. Instead of 원하다, we often use 고 싶다 attached to a verb stem. For example, 'I want to watch a movie' is 저는 영화를 보고 싶어요. Luna: 저는 영화를 보고 싶어요. 보고 싶어요 comes from 보다 plus 고 싶어요. Lucas: Yes! And the question form is 뭐 하고 싶어요? 뭐 하고 싶어요? meaning 'What do you want to do?' Luna: 뭐 하고 싶어요? That's good. So if I want to eat, I can say 저는 먹고 싶어요. Lucas: Exactly. 저는 먹고 싶어요. So now we have two ways: 원하다 for things, and 고 싶다 for actions. Luna: Let me practice. 뭘 원해요? 저는 물을 원해요. And 뭐 하고 싶어요? 저는 영화를 보고 싶어요. Lucas: That's perfect! You're nailing it. Now let's do a quick scene. Imagine we're at a café. I ask you 뭘 원해요? Luna: Then I say 저는 커피를 원해요. Lucas: And then I say 저는 차를 원해요. I want tea. 차 is tea. Luna: Oh, nice. 차. So we can have a whole conversation just with that. Lucas: Exactly. And if we wanted to do something after, I could ask 뭐 하고 싶어요? and you could say 저는 책을 읽고 싶어요. Luna: 저는 책을 읽고 싶어요. Reading a book. That's relaxing. Lucas: Yeah. You know, if Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Korean, just like we're doing here, it's thanks to listeners like you. If today was worth a coffee to you, you can support the show at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Totally. It keeps us ad-free and lets us keep making these little episodes. Every bit helps. Lucas: So back to 원하다. Let's review the phrases one more time. First, 뭘 원해요? Luna: 뭘 원해요? Lucas: 저는 커피를 원해요. Luna: 저는 커피를 원해요. Lucas: 뭐 하고 싶어요? Luna: 뭐 하고 싶어요? Lucas: 저는 영화를 보고 싶어요. Luna: 저는 영화를 보고 싶어요. Lucas: Great. And remember, when you want a noun, use 원해요. When you want to do an action, use 고 싶어요. Luna: That's a good tip. I'll keep that in mind. Lucas: Practice these phrases, and next time you're at a café or planning your weekend, try using them. Thanks for joining us on Learn Korean with Fexingo. Luna: See you next time!