Korean grammar · Level 3 · 3급
V-게 되다
Come to …, end up …
-게 되다 describes a change that came about through circumstances or time rather than by plan: “came to …”, “ended up …”. It is most common in the past, -게 됐어요. It is also a modest way to share news: 한국에서 일하게 됐어요 — “I'm going to be working in Korea.”
Examples
같은 모임에 들어가서 자주 만나게 됐어요.
We joined the same group and ended up seeing each other a lot.
처음에는 김치를 못 먹었는데, 이제는 좋아하게 됐어요.
I couldn't eat kimchi at first, but now I've come to like it.
다음 달부터 한국에서 일하게 됐어요.
I'm going to be working in Korea from next month.
Practise it in context · Level 3, Unit 3
The more I know her, the more I like her
A dialogue with audio, practice that checks itself, Hoya’s mistakes, a reading and a writing task.
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