How to use Korean Grammar V + 게 되다

Verb + 게 되다

Korean grammar pattern -게 되다 is used to show a change of state or a result of an action. It can be translated as "to happen to", "to come to", "has become"

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우리가 두리안을 좋아하게 되었습니다.

Korean

우리

두리안

좋아하다

English

we

durian

to like

We came to like durian.

우리가 두리안을 좋아하게 되+었+습니다.

저는 이 동네에서 살게 되었어요.

Korean

저

이

동네

살다

English

I

this

neightborhood

to live

I came to live in this neighborhood.

저는 이 동네에서 살게 되+었+어요.

이 학생은 한국어를 아주 잘하게 되었어요.

Korean

이

학생

한국어

아주

잘하다

English

this

student

Korean language

very

do well

This student has become very good at Korean.

이 학생은 한국어를 아주 잘하게 되+었+어요.

언제부터 그 친구를 알게 되었어요?

Korean

언제

그

친구

알다

English

when

that

friend

to know

Since when did you get to know that friend?

언제부터 그 친구를 알게 되+었+어요?

Quick reference (click to open)

Vowels: a, e, i, o, u

Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j

Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)

Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')

Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.

IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.

Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky

Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her

Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel

Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive

Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently

Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till

Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while

Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.

Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?

Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!

Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!

Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).