Question

가고 싶지만 못 가요 -고 싶다 attaches to verb stems and expresses the wish or hope like 'want to' in English. Declarative sentences with -고 싶다 usually have the first person noun (I, we). Questions are usually in the second person (you).The structure consists of the -고 ending and the auxiliary adjective 싶다. Here, 싶다 is used in the meaning of 'to want (to do)' or, more precisely as an adjective, 'to be desiring (to do)'.

Accepted Answer

I'd like to go, but I can't

Front	가고 싶지만 못 가요
Back	I'd like to go, but I can't
Notes	-고 싶다 attaches to verb stems and expresses the wish or hope like 'want to' in English. Declarative sentences with -고 싶다 usually have the first person noun (I, we). Questions are usually in the second person (you). The structure consists of the -고 ending and the auxiliary adjective 싶다. Here, 싶다 is used in the meaning of 'to want (to do)' or, more precisely as an adjective, 'to be desiring (to do)'.

고 싶다 Person 가고 싶지만 못 가요 I