-아/어 지다
a/eo jida
Grammar · 1 sense
become, turn into
Examples
요즘 운동을 해서 살이 많이 빠졌어요.
I've lost a lot of weight recently because I've been exercising.
공부를 하고 있는데 갑자기 방에 불이 꺼졌어요.
I was studying when the lights suddenly went out.
When you'd hear it
This is a neutral pattern used in everyday conversation and writing. Learners encounter it in explanations of physical or situational changes, such as weight loss or a light going out.
What learners get wrong
This pattern focuses on a change of state, while -게 되다 often describes coming to do something because circumstances changed. Compare 살이 빠졌어요 (“my weight became lower”) with 한국에 가게 됐어요 (“I came to go to Korea”).
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