📘 Intermediate Day 21: Using ~게 되다 – Expressing Change or Development Welcome to Day 21 of the Intermediate Korean series! 🌱 In today’s lesson, we’ll explore the very natural and commonly used Korean expression: ~게 되다 – “to end up doing,” “to come to do,” or “to turn out that...” This grammar is often used to describe a change in state, a new situation, or an unplanned result. It implies that the subject didn’t directly intend the result, but the situation happened due to external or natural circumstances. 📘 1. What is ~게 되다? The structure ~게 되다 is used to express: Change or transformation (from not doing → to doing) Unplanned outcomes Unintended results caused by situations or effort It’s similar to saying: “I ended up…” “I came to…” “It turned out that…” 📘 2. How to Use – Conjugation Verb stem + 게 되다 Then, conjugate 되다 based on tense and politeness level: 게 돼요 – present polite 게 되었어요 – past polite 게 될 거예요 – future po...

📘 How to Use ~게 되다 – Expressing Change or Result in Korean Want to say “I ended up liking it”, “I came to live in Korea”, or “It turned out that I passed the exam” in Korean? Then you need to know how to use the grammar structure ~게 되다 , which is used to express change, unexpected result, or new state . This lesson will teach you how to use ~게 되다 with the correct conjugation, examples, and tips to use it naturally in real conversations. 🔁 What Does ~게 되다 Mean? ~게 되다 is a passive grammar form that means: “to end up (doing)” “to come to (do something)” “it turns out that…” It often implies that the change is out of the speaker’s control, or happened naturally over time. 🔤 Conjugation Rule Verb stem + 게 되다 Examples: 하다 → 하게 되다 – to end up doing 가다 → 가게 되다 – to end up going 알다 → 알게 되다 – to come to know 되다 can be conjugated based on tense: 하게 됐어요 – ended up doing (past) 하게 돼요 – come to do (present/future) 하게 될 거예요 – will end...