Level 4 Lesson 29 / to gradually/eventually get to do something / -게 되다, 하게 되다

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안녕하세요! Sometimes, even if you hated something at one point, you might “start” liking it. Sometimes, even if you weren’t planning on doing something, you “get to” do it or you “end up” doing it. In Korean, the structure -게 되다 is used to express these meanings. Listen in to find out more about this grammatical structure and leave us comments with your own sample sentences!



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71 Responses to  Level 4 Lesson 29 / to gradually/eventually get to do something / -게 되다, 하게 되다 

  1. corina says:

    한때 한국 드라마를 봤는데 아주 좋아했어요. 한국 문화랑 한국어를 많이 관심이 있으니까 혼자서 인터넷으로 서강대학교의 사이트를 찾았어요. 다음에 TTMIK을 알게 됐어요.
    선생님들 너무 감사합니다.

  2. Andrei says:

    TTMIK 어떻게 알게 됐어요? 언젠 한국어를 공부하고 싶었으면 구글을 썼어요. :D 사이트를 두 개 찾았어요. 그 다른 사이트에서 한 달쯤 공부했는데, 여기에 왔어요. 지금 TTMIK 선생님의 행복한 학생이에요 ^^
    is “개” the adequate counter for sites?
    I also have some doubts about that “그 다른” bit but I really don’t know how else to say it

    • Greg says:

      yes you can use 개, and yes 그 다른 사이트 is fine. “these other sites”.

      한국어를 공부하고 싶었을 때 구글로/구글에서 검색했어요. But I guess 구글을 썼어요 also okay.
      때 is time/occasion. ㄹ 때 is when…. “when I wanted to to study korean”.

      언젠가 한국어를 공부하고 싶었으면… – if I ever wanted, or if would want to study Korean. 이미 시작했을 거죠 “I would start already”. :)

    • Andrei says:

      Gah, only after seeing your comment I realised that I used “으면”, so the sentence made even less sense than it would have done without that. -.-
      I had a hunch about “언제” not being the right one (seeing as I never saw it used in this manner :D ) and it seems I have a short memory…I kept saying I’ll search the dictionary for “search” but I always forgot so thanks for this one; it’s how i wanted to write it before I realised I don’t know the verb ^^. About “때” it’s funny because I heard it before but I never paid attention (TV, music) to other usages (I only saw it like 점심때 and the likes…). Thanks yet again :)

    • jinseokjin says:

      언젠 한국어를 공부하고 싶었으면 구글을 썼어요
      > 언젠가(someday) 한국어를 공부하고 싶어서 구글을 썼어요.

      I guess we don’t often use 그 and 다른 together. it will be natural to say 다른 사이트 but not 그 다른 사이트.

      Yes, you can use 개 when you count sites.

      Thanks for your comment. :)

  3. Stujo says:

    reddit.com으로 인하여 TTMIK 알게 됐어요.

    I am not sure how to say how I came to know this website from another website.

  4. TGivans says:

    한국어극 궁부학 Busyatom.com에서 시작했어여 .
    조는 끝는 후에, 선생님이 TTMIK을 주전했어여. 그래사, TTMIK에서 궁부하게됐어여.

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