된 거예요

became

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became Often used to explain or ask how someone or something came to be a certain way. With a verb ending in 게, it can mean “came to” or “ended up” doing something.

KO: 그 사람은 어떻게 의사가 된 거예요?

EN: How did that person become a doctor?

왜 기자가 된 거 예요?

Why did you become a reporter?

— 택시운전사 (2017)

그렇게 된 거 예요

That's how it happened.

— 그을린 사랑 (2010)

이제 다시 정직한 사람이 된 거 예요

Now you're an honest person again.

— 이중 배상 (1944)

그래서 인어가 된 거 예요!

So I became a mermaid!

— 벼랑 위의 포뇨 (2008)