LEARN + KOREAN / 75 of 125 TOPIK I

Like You, I Ended Up -게 되다

You wanted to cook like your friend. After sharing a kitchen for a year, you ended up learning. 처럼 supplies the model; -게 되다 describes the change that brought you to a new situation.

Name the Model

Attach 처럼 directly to a noun: 친구처럼, 요리사처럼. It means like or in the manner of. The comparison can concern appearance, behaviour, or a way of doing something.

jeodo eonnicheoreom yorireul jalhago sipeoyo.

I want to cook well like my older sister.

i kapeneun jipcheoreom pyeonanhaeyo.

This café is as comfortable as home.

A Situation Changes

Verb stem + -게 되다 describes coming to do something, often because of circumstances, arrangements, or a gradual change. The ending on 되다 carries tense: 배우게 됐어요, 일하게 될 거예요. It can describe a welcome development as well as an unexpected one.

chingu deokbune yorireul baeuge dwaesseoyo.

Thanks to my friend, I came to learn cooking.

daeum dalbuteo seoureseo ilhage dwaesseoyo.

It has been arranged that I will work in Seoul from next month.

Hint · 힌트

배우기로 했어요 foregrounds a decision to learn. 배우게 됐어요 foregrounds the new situation you arrived at. The person may still have made choices along the way.

Vocabulary

Korean	English
요리 yori	cooking
편안하다 pyeonanhada	to be comfortable
덕분에 deokbune	thanks to
배우다 baeuda	to learn
다음 달 daeum dal	next month
일하다 ilhada	to work
고민하다 gominhada	to think over a concern
망설이다 mangseorida	to hesitate
결정하다 gyeoljeonghada	to decide
선택하다 seontaekhada	to choose
계획하다 gyehoekhada	to plan
시작하다 sijakhada	to start
계속하다 gyesokhada	to continue
그만두다 geumanduda	to stop or quit
포기하다 pogihada	to give up
준비하다 junbihada	to prepare
도전하다 dojeonhada	to take on a challenge
경험 gyeongheom	experience
기회 gihoe	opportunity
방법 bangbeop	method

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