TOPIK II · LEVEL 4
-기로 되어 있다
-기로 되어 있다 says something has been arranged or decided (often by others): 'be supposed / scheduled to'.
목적·의도Purpose, plans & wishesHan: The fixed form is 되어 있다 (state), not 되어 하다.
Examples
이 건물은 내년에 철거하기로 되어 있다.This building is scheduled to be demolished next year.
회의 자료는 제가 준비하기로 돼 있어요.I'm the one who's supposed to prepare the meeting materials.
내일 3시에 사장님을 만나기로 되어 있어요.I'm supposed to meet the company president at 3 tomorrow.
Don’t mix up
-기로 되어 있다vs-기로 하다-기로 하다 = I/we decided; -기로 되어 있다 = it's been arranged (maybe by others): 가기로 했어요 vs 가기로 되어 있어요.How to build it
V+기로 되어 있다 (spoken: 돼 있다)
만나다 → 만나기로 되어 있어요
- Focuses on an existing arrangement, not on who decided.
- Compare -기로 하다 'decide to (myself)'.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 내일 만나기로 되어 했어요.
Right: 내일 만나기로 되어 있어요.
The fixed form is 되어 있다 (state), not 되어 하다.
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All TOPIK grammar- -(으)나-(으)나 is a formal written 'but / however', linking two contrasting clauses.
- -(으)되-(으)되 states or allows a first action and then adds a condition or limit to it, in a formal or written style.
- -(이)면 (조사)Attaches to a noun to mean 'if it is N / whenever it is N'; repeated as N(이)면 N, it means 'in every field, whatever you name'.
- -(으)ㄹ 게 아니라Use it to say that doing X is not the right move, so you should do Y instead: "rather than doing X, do Y."
- -(으)ㄹ 무렵-(으)ㄹ 무렵 means 'around the time when …'.
- -(으)ㄹ 리가 없다Use -(으)ㄹ 리가 없다 when you are convinced that something cannot possibly be true or happen, based on what you know.
- -(으)로 인해(서)-(으)로 인해(서) means 'due to / because of' (a cause), in formal speech and writing.
- -(으)ㄹ 바에는Use -(으)ㄹ 바에는 to say that if the only way is to do this unpleasant thing, you would rather do something else instead.
- -(으)ㄹ 법하다-(으)ㄹ 법하다 says that something is quite plausible or would be natural to expect, given the situation or common sense.