A/V-았/었으면 좋겠다

Hope, want

Explanation

-았/었으면 좋겠다 expresses a person's wish or hope about something that has yet to be realized.

It can also be used when expressing a desire for a situation to become the opposite of what it currently is.

This expression corresponds to 'hope/want' in English.

When the verb stem ends in ㅏ or ㅗ, then -았으면 좋겠다 is used; while -었으면 좋겠다 is used for all other verb stem endings. As for verbs ending in 하다, the form changes to -했으면 좋겠다.

In addition to -았/었으면 좋겠다，-았/었으면 하다 can also be used, but -았/었으면 좋겠다 indicates a stronger degree of hope or desire.'

Details

-(으)면 좋겠다 can be used in the same sense as -았/었으면 좋겠다, but because -았/었으면 좋겠다 supposes the realization of an as yet unrealized state, it more strongly emphasizes the verb.

돈이 많으면 좋겠어요.
(The speaker is simply wishing to have a lot of money.)
돈이 많았으면 좋겠어요.
(The speaker is supposing a situation in which he has a lot of money, which is in contrast to his current situation of having no money; thus the wish is emphasized.)

Kimchi Reader

Expresses a person's wish or hope about something that has yet to be realized.

Details

Usage

았/었으면 하다 can also be used, but 았/었으면 좋겠다 indicates a stronger degree of hope or desire.

Examples
따뜻한 봄에 <span class='focus'>결혼했으면 좋겠어요</span>.
It would be nice to get married in the warm spring.
친구들하고 스키장에 갈거예요. 방학이 빨리 <span class='focus'>왔으면 좋겠어요</span>.
I plan to go skiing with my friends. I wish vacation would come sooner.
차가 <span class='focus'>있었으면 좋겠어요</span>.
I wish I had a car.

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