How to use Korean Grammar V + 기로 하다

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Verb + 기로 하다 (결심하다, 결정하다)

In Korean, -기로 하다 is used to express decision making.

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그들은 집을 사기로 했어요.

Korean

그들

사다

English

they

house

buy

They decided to buy a house.

그들기로 하++어요.

저는 직장을 그만두기로 결심했어요.

Korean

직장

그만두다

결심하다

English

I

workplace

to quit

to decide

I decided to quit my job.

직장 그만두기로 결심하++어요.

우리는 캠핑을 가기로 했어요.

Korean

우리

캠핑

가다

English

we

camping

to go

We decided to go camping.

우리 캠핑기로 하++어요.

저는 자신의 사업을 시작하기로 결심했습니다.

Korean

자신

사업

시작하다

결심하다

English

I

myself

business

to start

to decide

I decided to start my own business.

자신 사업 시작하기로 결심하++습니다.

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 ).