Korean grammar patterns › Level 2
-게 되다
come to (do), end up (doing), it turned out that
Level 2 · TOPIK I · beginner
How to use it
Shows that a situation changed or something happened because of circumstances, not simply your own decision. Usually past (-게 됐어요). Also used to announce news modestly: 이번에 결혼하게 됐어요.
Forming it
| 가다 | → 가게 됐어요 |
| 알다 | → 알게 됐어요 |
| 좋아하다 | → 좋아하게 됐어요 |
The tense goes on 되다: ✗ 갔게 됐어요 → 가게 됐어요.
Examples
회사 일 때문에 부산으로 이사하게 됐어요.
I ended up moving to Busan because of work.
처음엔 김치를 못 먹었는데 지금은 좋아하게 됐어요.
At first I couldn't eat kimchi, but now I've come to like it.
Compared with similar patterns
N이/가 되다 = become N; -아/어지다 is a change of state, mainly with adjectives (예뻐지다); -기로 하다 is your own active decision.