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-기로 하다

-giro hada

decide to; agree to

Attaches to a verb stem to state that the subject has decided or promised to do something—'decide to/agree to.'

Form

Attaches to
Verb, Auxiliary

Meanings

  1. 1

    An expression used to decide or promise the performance of the act mentioned in the preceding statement.

    앞말이 나타내는 행동을 할 것을 결심하거나 약속함을 나타내는 표현.

    ※ 동사 또는 '-으시-' 뒤에 붙여 쓴다.

Examples

  • 오늘 회의는 다섯 시에 하기로 합시다.

    Let's decide to hold today's meeting at five o'clock.

  • 나는 이번 방학 때 수영을 배우기로 했다.

    I decided to learn to swim this vacation.

  • 출퇴근 시간에는 차가 밀리니까 조금 일찍 나가기로 해요.

    Traffic gets heavy during commute hours, so let's agree to leave a bit early.

  • 오늘 불고기를 먹으면 어때요? 좋아요. 그럼 저녁에 먹기로 해요.

    How about having bulgogi today? Sounds good. Then let's plan to eat it for dinner.

  • 오늘 불고기를 먹으면 어때요?

    How about having bulgogi today?

  • 좋아요. 그럼 저녁에 먹기로 해요.

    Sounds good. Then let's plan to eat it for dinner.

Examples: 한국어기초사전, CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

Don’t confuse with

Forms with a close meaning — a favourite source of wrong answers on TOPIK.

Quick check

  1. 1. What does ‘-기로 하다’ mean?

  2. 2. Which form means “decide to; agree to”?