Korean Lessons ᚛ Level 5 - Intermediate Korean #2 (Lessons 121 to 150) ᚛ Lesson 135 - To hope in Korean [-기 바라다]
To hope in Korean [-기 바라다]
In the previous lesson, we saw how to express "to hope" with the -(으)면 좋겠다 form. Another way to express the fact of hoping for something is to use the verb 바라다, which on its own has the closest meaning to the verbs "to wish" and "to hope" in English.
Hoping with -기(를) 바라다
If one wishes or hopes to carry out an action, the following structure can be used:
[Stem]기(를) 바라다
Reminder: nominalization in -기
Moreover, note that, in this structure in particular, [Stem]기를 is often contracted into [Stem]길.
Finally, the verb 바라다 has a conjugation particularity. Indeed, although in the present and past tenses the verb 바라다 gives 바라 / 바랐어 in the casual style and 바라요 / 바랐어요 in the polite style, Koreans do not often use these forms and prefer to say 바래 / 바랬어 in the casual style and 바래요 / 바랬어요 in the polite style respectively, even though this is grammatically incorrect.
사업 번창하시기 바랍니다.
→ I wish you a prosperous business.
빠른 시일 내에 다시 만나길 바라.
→ I hope to see you again soon.
건강하게 오래오래 사시기를 바라요.
→ I wish you a long and healthy life.
시험 합격하길 바라요.
→ I hope you pass your exam.
엄마는 제가 공부를 열심히 하길 바라세요. 그렇지만 저는 공부가 재미없어요.
→ My mother wants me to study hard. But I find studying boring.
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Particles are omnipresent in Korean. They indicate the role of words in a sentence, nuance meaning, and make it possible to understand who does what, where, how, and why.
Particles are also often the aspect that causes the most difficulty for Korean learners. In grammar books, they are usually presented in the middle of long sentences, with complex vocabulary, without being clearly highlighted.
With Korean Particles, we made the opposite choice:
taking the time to explain each particle, one by one, using very simple sentences, accessible even to beginners.
