2022-06-16

Let's learn about "어디 가고 싶니?"

어디 가고 싶어 : Where do you want to go?

[other expressions]
- 어디 가고 싶니? (to younger people or friends)
- 어디 가고 싶나? (to younger people or friends)
- 어디 가고 싶냐? (to younger people or friends)
- 어디 가고 싶어? (to younger people or friends)
- 어디 가고 싶은가? (to younger people or friends)
- 어디 가고 싶나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 어디 가고 싶어요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 어디 가고 싶은가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 어디 가고 싶습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘-시’)
- 어디 가고 싶으십니까? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

[explanations]
* 어디 : Where
* -에 : a place suffix means "to"

* 가다 : go
* 가고 : 가(the stem of 가다) + -고(and; and then)

* 싶다 : want; hope
* -고 싶다 : want to do

* 싶은가? : 싶(the stem of 싶다)  + -은가?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix; this used after a verb ends in a consonant)
* 싶습니까? : 싶(the stem of 싶다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 싶으십니까? : 싶(the stem of 싶) + -으시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; -으시 used after a verb ends in a consonant) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -은가? / -어? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix
* a verb +  -나? / -은가? / -어? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -ㅂ니까? / -습니까? / -으십니까? : an honourific interrgative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ-‘ / '스' / '시'

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