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Shopping
Dialogue
I want buy or I want to buy?
- Emma Minsu, what do you want to buy?
- Minsu I want buy this bag.
- Emma Say "want to": I want to buy this bag.
- Minsu Oh, I want to buy this bag. It's nice.
Dialogue
At the market
- Minsu Hello. I want to buy some fruit.
- Assistant Yes, we sell fruit here. This market is open every day.
- Minsu Good. I want to buy some apples and some bread.
- Assistant Here you are. Thank you!
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| shop | n. | shop | |
| store | n. | store | |
| market | n. | market | |
| supermarket | n. | supermarket | |
| money | n. | money | |
| buy | v. | buy | |
| sell | v. | sell | |
| customer | n. | customer | |
| shop assistant | n. | shop assistant | |
| open | adj. | open |
Grammar
Saying what you want: "want to" + verb Saying what you want: "want to" + verb
To say what you want to do, use "want" + "to" + a verb: I want to buy this, I want to go to the shop, She wants to sell her car. The small word "to" always sits between "want" and the next verb — never leave it out. (For he / she / it, "want" takes -s: she wants to buy.) Korean joins the wish straight to the verb, so Korean speakers often say "I want buy" — in English you must keep the "to": I want to buy.
To say what you want to do, use "want" + "to" + a verb: I want to buy this, I want to go to the shop, She wants to sell her car. The small word "to" always sits between "want" and the next verb — never leave it out. (For he / she / it, "want" takes -s: she wants to buy.) Korean joins the wish straight to the verb, so Korean speakers often say "I want buy" — in English you must keep the "to": I want to buy.
- I want to buy this bag. I want to buy this bag.
- Do you want to buy some fruit? Do you want to buy some fruit?
- I want to go to the shop. I want to go to the shop.
- She wants to sell her phone. She wants to sell her phone.
pronunciation
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