-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. -게 되다 says the current set you down there; -기로 하다 says you decided it yourself and went.
Where the picture shows up in -게 되다
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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.
You never rowed, and yet the boat is resting against the dock at Busan
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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.
New business cards come back printed with another company's name, and you hold them out low with both hands
일하기로 했습니다 credits your decision; 일하게 됐습니다 credits the flow — and in Korea the second sounds far more humble.
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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.
The radio you always kept by your ear turns, one day, from noise into words
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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.
You never wrote a resignation, and still the things from your desk are sitting in a box
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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.
Someone who has walked a long time looks down and finds a path under their feet
All of it in one picture
-게 되다 is the boat resting at the far dock although you never rowed. Touch the dock and you are moving to Busan; hold the new cards out low and the news arrives without boasting. The radio turning into words is an ability you did not build; your desk in a box is leaving a job you did not want to leave; a path appearing under long-walking feet is what time hands you. So -게 되다 keeps your own will out of the frame and credits the current with putting you here.