Breakdown of abeojicheoreom unjeonhago sipeoyo.
아버지abeoji
father
운전하다unjeonhada
to drive
싶다sipda
to want to
~처럼~cheoreom
like / as if
Questions & Answers about abeojicheoreom unjeonhago sipeoyo.
What does 처럼 mean here?
처럼 means like or as, and it attaches to a noun.
So 아버지처럼 means like my father or the way my father does.
It is used for comparison:
- 아이처럼 = like a child
- 선생님처럼 = like a teacher
- 아버지처럼 = like my father
In this sentence, it tells you the speaker wants to drive in the same way as the father.
Why is there no subject like I in the sentence?
Korean often leaves out the subject when it is already understood from context.
So 아버지처럼 운전하고 싶어요 usually implies:
- 저는 아버지처럼 운전하고 싶어요
- I want to drive like my father
In English, you usually need to say I, but in Korean, it is very common to omit 저는 or 제가 if the listener can easily guess it.
How does -고 싶어요 work?
-고 싶어요 is the pattern used to say want to do something.
It attaches to a verb stem:
- 가다 → 가고 싶어요 = want to go
- 먹다 → 먹고 싶어요 = want to eat
- → = want to drive