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물을 마시고 싶습니다.

I want to drink water.

Explanation

This sentence means: “I want to drink water..” Read the Hangul first without English, then check the gloss, then hide the English and reproduce the sentence aloud.

Chunk the sentence: topic/subject, object (if any), and the verb ending that carries tense and politeness.

Transformation drill: change one slot — time (오늘/내일), place (집/학교), or person (저/친구). Keep the same verb ending so you practice productive flexibility.

Listening drill: play audio if available, shadow immediately, then write the sentence from memory. Compare character-by-character — spacing mistakes count.

물을 마시고 싶습니다. is taught here as “I want to drink water..” Learners often stop at a flashcard gloss; real fluency needs collocations, speech level, and one or two sentences you can actually say today.

Listen to the Hangul, shadow it once slowly, then once at natural speed. If romanization helps the first day, turn it off the second day so your eyes lock onto 물을 마시고 싶습니다., not Latin letters.

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When you can explain “물을 마시고 싶습니다.” in one plain English sentence and produce one new Korean example without looking, you are ready to move on — then review again within 24 hours.

Examples

물을 마시고 싶습니다. 있어요.

There is / I have I want to drink water..

Existence/possession pattern with 있어요.

저는 물을 마시고 싶습니다. 좋아해요.

I like I want to drink water..

좋아하다 takes an object (often marked with 을/를 in longer sentences).

물을 마시고 싶습니다. 뭐예요?

What is I want to drink water.? / What about I want to drink water.?

Casual curious question — keep 요 for polite speech.

Common mistakes

  • Copying romanization instead of Hangul into your notes — keep Hangul primary.
  • Changing too many slots at once so you cannot tell which edit broke the sentence.

How to practice

  1. Say the sentence → transform once → transform again.
  2. Add it to review in Chamelingo after signup so it reappears under spaced repetition.

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