Requesting to make something happen/be in a certain way:

1. You are in a hair salon:

You don't like your hair to be too short. You would tell the hair stylist:
Hair stylist: 어떻게 해 드릴까요?
The customer: 너무 짧지 않게 해 주세요/조금 길게 해 주세요.

You don't like your back hair to be too long and like to have your bangs look natural. You would tell the hair stylist:
어떻게 해 드릴까요?
The customer: 뒷머리가 길지 않게, 그리고 자연스럽게 해 주세요.

You want your front hair to be short, and side hair long:
Hair stylist: 어떻게 해 드릴까요?
The customer: 앞머리는 짧게, 옆 머리는 길게 해 주세요.

2. You are ordering육계장 in a Korean restaurant:

You don't like your food to be too spicy. You would tell the waiter/waitress: 맵지 않게/안 맵게 해 주세요

You don't like your food to taste too salty. You would tell the waiter/waitress: 짜지 않게/싱겁게 해 주세요.

어렸을 때 부모님이 하게 한 것과 못 하게 한 것:

부모님들은 아이들이 테레비를 못 보게 하지요?
여러분 부모님은 어떻게 하셨어요?

• 우리 부모님은 . . .-을/를 못 . . . ~게 하셨어요.
• 우리 부모님은 . . .-을/를 . . .~게 하셨어요.

[Speaking Activity] When I was young, my parents did not let me , , ,, but I will let my children do . . .

보기: 어렸을 때 우리 뷰모님은 . . .-을/를 못 하게 하셨어요. 나는 내 아이들을 . . .~게 할 거예요.

(1) ___________________________________________________________
(2) ___________________________________________________________
(3) ___________________________________________________________
(4) ___________________________________________________________
(5) ___________________________________________________________

~게 mostly refers to a resulted/goal/target situation or consequence:

[A] so that [B]: [B]~게 A~다: [B] so that [A]

• 추운 날에는 감기 걸리지 않게 옷을 따뜻하게 입어야 한다.
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Change of situation: ~게 하다 vs. ~게 되다

~게 하다	to put something or someone in a certain situation, either having someone do something or putting something in some state of affairs.
~게 되다	to be put into a situation (by other force, not from my own will)

Sam's는 값이 싸요. 그래서 Sam's에 가면 사고 싶은 게 많아서 많이 사게 돼요.
그런데 제 아내는 내가 사고 싶은 걸 못 사게 해요.

 

[연습 1] Say . . . ~(으)면 ~게 돼요. Whenever . . ., I wind up . . .

보기: HSN을 보면 재미있는 물건이 많아서 자꾸 (again and again) 사게 돼요.

(1) 친구 집에 놀러 가면 ____________________________
(2) 도서관에 가면 _________________________________
(3) 밤에 콜라를 마시면 ______________________________
(4) 피곤하면 ______________________________________
(5) 저녁 먹고 공부를 하면 __________________________________

[연습 2] Ask each other about the given items and and say what kinds of things you get into. Use ~게 되다 discretely.

보기

민지:	마크씨, 친구 집에 자주 놀러 가세요?
마크:	네, 자주 가는 편이에요.
민지:	친구 집에 가서 보통 뭐 하세요?
마크:	숙제도 같이 하고 운동도 같이 하는데 보통 테레비를 많이 보게 돼요. 민지씨는 어때요?
민지:	저는 친구 집에 놀러 가면 얘기를 많이 하게 돼요.

• Do you visit your friends' place often? Do you get to talk with your friedns a lot? Do you play too many computer games or watch TV? Do you get to stay in your friend's place too long?
• Where do you study? Do you get to study well there?
• Going shopping: Do yo always buy what you intend to buy? Do you get to buy within the budget? How much time do you get to spend in shopping?

 

[연습 3] Exchange a dialogue on the following items.

1. Was there anything your parents kept you from doing when you were young?
2. Have you ever angered your parents?
3. What was your deed that pleased your parents the most?
4. What do you get to do when you go shopping, rather than buying what you intended to buy?