고자 하다

gojahada

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Also spelled gojaada

seek to; intend to — formal

Says what someone is setting out to do, in the register of announcements and presentations: 현장에서 놓칠 만한 부분이 없는지 살펴보고자 합니다 'we intend to check whether anything on site was missed.' It means roughly what 으려고 하다 means, but you would not say it to a friend. In the modifier form it names a will or a desire — 한국어를 하고자 하는 의지 'the determination to speak Korean', 공부를 하고자 하는 마음.

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