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Destine in Korean 🇰🇷


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Destine 정해지다
How to say “Destine” in Korean? “정해지다”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “정해지다” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on Destine in Korean like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to Remember:
• Notice that 정해지다 comes from 정하다 (“to decide” or “to set”) with the passive ending –지다, so imagine something being “set” or “destined.”
• Think of “destine” as meaning “to be fixed in place” or “predetermined,” which aligns with 정해지다 meaning “to be determined” or “to be decided.”

Explanation:
• 정해지다 means “to be determined” or “to be fixed.” It conveys that an outcome, state, or plan has been set and cannot be easily changed.
• The sense is often passive, implying that the decision or outcome is out of one’s direct control.

Other Words with Similar Meanings:
• 결정되다 (gyeoljeongdoeda) – “to be decided”
• 정해지다 is sometimes interchangeable with 미리 정해지다 (“predetermined”) when used in contexts about fate or prearranged plans.

Conjugations (using the dictionary form 정해지다 [jeong-hae-ji-da]):

Present Tense:
• Informal Low: 정해져 있어 (jeong-hae-jyeo iss-eo)
• Informal Polite: 정해져 있어요 (jeong-hae-jyeo iss-eo-yo)
• Formal: 정해져 있습니다 (jeong-hae-jyeo iss-seub-ni-da)
• Alternatively, when used in a general statement: 정해진다 (jeong-hae-jin-da)

Past Tense:
• Informal Low: 정해졌어 (jeong-hae-jyeot-seo)
• Informal Polite: 정해졌어요 (jeong-hae-jyeot-seo-yo)
• Formal: 정해졌습니다 (jeong-hae-jyeot-seub-ni-da)

Future Tense:
• Informal Low: 정해질 거야 (jeong-hae-jil geo-ya)
• Informal Polite: 정해질 거예요 (jeong-hae-jil geo-ye-yo)
• Formal: 정해질 것입니다 (jeong-hae-jil geo-sip-ni-da)

Examples of Sentences:
1. 그의 미래는 이미 정해졌다.
(Geu-ui miraeneun imi jeong-hae-jyeot-da.)
“His future is already determined.”

2. 모든 계획은 사전에 정해져 있어요.
(Modeun gyehoeg-eun sajon-e jeong-hae-jyeo iss-eo-yo.)
“All the plans are predetermined.”

3. 시간이 지나면 운명은 정해질 거예요.
(Si-gan-i ji-na-myeon unmyeong-eun jeong-hae-jil geo-ye-yo.)
“As time passes, fate will be determined.”

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