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KOREAN VERB

찾아가다

to go to visit

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Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI go to visit
NegativeI don’t go to visit

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI went to visit
NegativeI didn’t go to visit

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will go to visit
NegativeI won’t go to visit

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI go to visit (respectfully)
PastI went to visit (respectfully)
FutureI will go to visit (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) going to visit, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) going to visit, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I go to visit
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I go to visit
  5. But (-지만) I go to visit, but…

Requests and commands

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please go to visit
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please go to visit (formal)
  3. Plain command go to visit! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t go to visit

How to use 찾아가다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    설날에는 시골에 계신 할머니를 찾아가요.

    At Lunar New Year we go to visit Grandma in the countryside.

  2. Past

    어제 담임 선생님을 직접 찾아갔어요.

    Yesterday I went to see my homeroom teacher in person.

  3. Future

    주소를 아니까 혼자 찾아갈 거예요.

    I know the address, so I'll find my way there alone.

  4. Honorific

    아버지는 지난주에 옛 친구를 찾아가셨어요.

    Dad went to visit an old friend last week.

  5. Connectives

    사무실로 찾아가면 서류를 줄 거예요.

    If you go to the office, they'll give you the documents.

  6. Requests and commands

    잘 모르면 동사무소에 직접 찾아가세요.

    If you're not sure, go to the community office in person.

Good to know

  • 찾아가다 is going to someone's place or to an office, and finding your own way to a place: 혼자 찾아가다. It is also picking something up: 맡긴 짐을 찾아가다.

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