I wanted you to help my dad in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

저는 그쪽이 아빠를 도와주길 바랐어요.
Word-by-word breakdown:
• 저는 (jeoneun): “I” with the topic marker – marks “I” as the topic of the sentence.
• 그쪽이 (geu-jjogi): “you” or “that person” with the subject marker – indicates who is expected to perform the action.
• 아빠를 (abbareul): “dad” with the object marker – shows that “dad” is the object being helped.
• 도와주길 (dowajugil): comes from the verb 도와주다 (“to help”) plus the contracted form of -주길 which nominalizes the verb and implies “that (someone) help” or “helping” as the content of the wish.
• 바랐어요 (barasseoyo): “wanted” or “hoped” in the past polite form – expresses the speaker’s wish or desire.

Translation:
“I wanted you to help my dad.”

Tips to remember:
• Recognize that particle markers like 는, 이, and 를 attach directly after the noun to denote its role (topic, subject, or object).
• The form 도와주길 is a contracted wish form – practice similar contractions such as 먹기를 (for “to eat”) to understand expressing a desired action.
• 바랐어요 comes from 바라다, which is often used with a verb clause in the form “-길” to indicate hoping for something to occur.

Alternate ways to say “I wanted you to help my dad”:
• 저는 당신이 아빠를 도와주길 바랐어요.
 (Jeoneun dangsini abbareul dowajugil barasseoyo.)
• 저는 네가 아빠를 도와주길 바랐어.
 (Jeoneun nega abbareul dowajugil barasseo.)
• 저는 아버지를 도와주길 원했어요.
 (Jeoneun abeojeoreul dowajugil wonhaesseoyo.)

Each version varies slightly in formality and choice of pronoun (그쪽, 당신, 네가) as well as “아빠” versus “아버지.”

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