Verb + 았/었으면 좋겠다 [ Korean Grammar ]

July 15, 2021

Smriti

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Today we’ll see how to form sentences with the grammar pattern “Verb + 았/었으면 좋겠다” with some example sentences.

Verb + 았/었으면 좋겠다 is used to express hope, wish, or desire for something to happen. It can be translated into English as:

“It would be great if XXX happens”
“I hope XXX happens”
“I wish XXX would happen”

This pattern is very common in daily conversation and is used to politely express what the speaker wants or hopes for.

Let’s try to understand with few example sentences :

오늘 날씨가 더워서 비가 왔으면 좋겠다. - It’s hot today, so I hope it rains.
빨리 일요일이 왔으면 좋겠다. - I wish Sunday would come soon.
빨리 여행을 갔으면 좋겠다. - I wish I could go on a trip soon.

As you can see the speaker tends to express the desire for some things to happen in the previous sentences.

Rule to conjugate Verb + 았/었으면 좋겠다 grammar pattern :

1) If the verb stem after removing 다 ends with 오 or 아 then ~았으면 좋겠다 is added.

Eg : 왔으면 좋겠다

갔으면 좋겠다

2) If the verb stem after removing 다 ends with anything other than 오 or 아 then ~었으면 좋겠다 is added.

Eg : 먹었으면 좋겠다

들었으면 좋겠다

있었으면 좋겠다

Let’s see some examples :

1) 내일 눈이 더 많이 왔으면 좋겠다!

I hope it snows even more tomorrow!

2) 멀리 갔으면 좋겠다!

I hope it goes far!

3) 예전처럼 그냥 편하게 먹었으면 좋겠어요.

I wish I could just eat comfortably like before.

4) 이 노래를 어떤 분이 들었으면 좋겠다. 추천할 만한 분들이 있을까요?

I wish someone would listen to this song. Are there any people you could recommend?

5) 내가 마법의 지팡이라도 휘둘러 모든 것을 다시 바르게 할 수 있었으면 좋겠다.

I wish I could wave a magic wand and make everything all right again.

Related Korean grammar posts :

Verb + (으)면

Noun + 동안 and Verb + ~는 동안

Verb + (으)려고 + Verb

어서/아서 vs (으)니까 and (기) 때문에

Noun +~에서/부터 ~까지

Noun + 보다

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Smriti

Smriti Ekka graduated in Commerce and Library science, and currently she is working as a content writer at TOPIK Guide website. She is a Korean language and culture enthusiast and has been working across multiple disciplines which broadly addresses narratives of similarities between Korean and Indian culture. Apart from being a content writer at TOPIK Guide she manages Annyeong India website and has had her pieces published in Learn Korean in India website as well. In her other life, she is a singer, rising entrepreneur, life enthusiast and a learner.

더워졌었서 doesn’t sound right… aren’t you not supposed to put 어서/아서 on past tense conjugations?