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Description

Verb + 게 되다 : This is used to describe how something or someone comes to be in or becomes a certain state or how something happens, often by chance or fate.

Notes

Conjugation Rule

Conjugation Rule
Pattern Case Example
Rule 1: Verb + 게 되다 If there is no 받침 or if the adjective/verb stem has ㄹ as a 받침 가다 → 가게 되다
Rule 2: Verb + 게 되다 If there is a 받침 at the end of the adjective/verb stem 받다 → 받게 되다


Sentence Examples

Korean English Notes
한국에는 어떻게 오게 되었어요? What brings you here to Korea? polite informal form
여자친구가 한국에 살아서 오게 되었어요. My girlfriend lives in Korea, so I came here. polite informal form
드디어 이사를 가게 되었어. Finally I was able to move (to another home or place). low form
처음에는 김치가 싫었지만, 이제 좋아하게 되었어요. At first I didn't like kimchi but now I have come to like it polite informal form
나 미국에 돌아가게 됐어. I completed my travel to enter America low form
아내 덕분에 담배를 끊게 되었어요. I quit smoking thanks to my wife polite informal form
철수가 장학금을 받게 됐어요. Jeul Su received scholarship funds polite informal form
드디어 지은씨를 만나게 되었어요. I finally met Ji En polite informal form
그 분을 사랑하게 됐어. I came to love that person low form
나 다쳐서 수술하게 됐어. Since I was cut, I had to get surgery low form


See Also