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-게 되다

ge doeda

The current put you there: -게 되다

The picture You are not steering; the current has carried you and set you down over there.

Endings and forms

Where the picture shows up in -게 되다

  1. where the current left you

    이번에 부산으로 가게 됐어요.

    i-beo-ne bu-san-eu-ro ga-ge dwae-sseo-yo

    It turns out I'm moving to Busan.

  2. news told modestly

    다음 달부터 여기서 일하게 됐습니다.

    da-eum dal-bu-teo yeo-gi-seo il-ha-ge dwaet-seum-ni-da

    I'll be working here starting next month.

    일하기로 했습니다 credits your decision; 일하게 됐습니다 credits the flow — and in Korea the second sounds far more humble.

  3. something that became possible

    이제 한국말이 조금 들리게 됐어요.

    i-je han-gung-ma-ri jo-geum deul-li-ge dwae-sseo-yo

    I can catch a bit of Korean now.

  4. it ended that way, unwanted

    결국 그 일은 그만두게 됐어요.

    gyeol-guk geu i-reun geu-man-du-ge dwae-sseo-yo

    In the end I had to leave that job.

  5. where time will take you

    살다 보면 알게 돼요.

    sal-da bo-myeon al-ge dwae-yo

    You'll come to understand as you live.

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