I was glad that you graduated in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

Word-by-word breakdown:
• 나는 (naneun): “I,” where 나 means “I” and -는 is the topic marker.
• 당신이 (dangsin-i): “you,” with -이 marking the subject of the subordinate clause.
• 졸업하게 되어 (joreobhage doeeo): “that you graduated” formed by taking the verb 졸업하다 (“to graduate”), changing it to the adverbial form 졸업하게, and combining with 되어 (the connective form of 되다, “to become” or “to result in”) to link it to the emotion expressed.
• 기뻤습니다 (gippeosseumnida): “was glad,” the past, formal form of 기쁘다 (“to be glad/happy”).

Tips to remember the structure:
• Recognize that Korean often uses a subordinate clause (당신이 졸업하게 되어) to provide a reason for the emotion expressed in the main clause.
• Practice by identifying the subject markers (는, 이) to see which elements are being discussed.
• Notice that adding -하게 되어 bridges the action (graduating) with the resulting emotion (being glad).

Alternate ways to say “I was glad that you graduated” in Korean:
• 당신이 졸업한 것이 기뻤습니다.
 (Romanized: dangsin-i joreobhan geosi gippeosseumnida.)
• 당신이 졸업해서 기뻤습니다.
 (Romanized: dangsin-i joreobhaeseo gippeosseumnida.)
• 네가 졸업해서 기뻤어.
 (Romanized: nega joreobhaeseo gippeosseo.)

Each alternative uses slightly different structures (such as 졸업한 것 versus 졸업해서) to express the same idea.

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