갖고

This is the 210th most frequent Korean word.


갖고

"갖고" means "having" or "holding."


Here, '갖고 싶다' expresses a desire to possess or have something, in this case, the absence of bad habits.

그는 나쁜 습관을 갖고 싶지 않다.

He doesn't want to have bad habits.


In this sentence, '갖고' illustrates holding an abstract quality, like curiosity, paired with action to demonstrate the manner of performing that action.

학생은 호기심을 갖고 질문했다.

The student asked with curiosity.


The word '갖고' in this sentence implies possession, used in combination with '있다' to mean 'to have' or 'to possess something'.

나는 펜을 갖고 있어.

I have a pen.