We always wanted to play sports in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

우리는 – u-ri-neun
• "우리" means "we" and the particle "는" marks the topic.

항상 – hang-sang
• Means "always."

운동을 – un-dong-eul
• "운동" means "exercise" or "sports." The object marker "을" indicates that 운동 is what is being done.

하고 – ha-go
• Derived from the verb 하다 ("to do"). When combined as "하고 싶다," it expresses "want to do."

싶었어요 – sip-eoss-eo-yo
• This is the past tense form of 싶다 ("to want"), meaning "wanted to."

Combined, the sentence literally translates to "We always wanted to do exercise" (i.e., "We always wanted to work out" or "play sports").

Tips to Remember:
• Recognize that 하다 (to do) + 싶다 (to want) forms the phrase "하고 싶다," which means "want to do."
• The object marker 을 directly follows the noun (운동) to indicate what is being done.
• Past tense is formed by adding 었어요 (as in 싶었어요) to express a past desire.
• The topic particle 는 after 우리 sets "we" as the topic.

Alternate Ways to Say "We always wanted to play sports":
• 우리는 늘 운동하고 싶었어요.
 – "늘" (neul) is another word for "always," and the sentence uses the same structure.
• 우린 항상 스포츠를 하고 싶었어요.
 – Using "스포츠" (seupocheu) is a loanword for "sports."
• 우린 항상 운동하길 원했어요.
 – Here, "운동하길 원했어요" replaces "하고 싶었어요" with "원했어요" (wanted) and uses the contracted form "하길" to mean "to do (exercise)."

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