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KOREAN VERB

참석하다

to attend

  • #282 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI attend
NegativeI don’t attend

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI attended
NegativeI didn’t attend

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will attend
NegativeI won’t attend

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI attend (respectfully)
PastI attended (respectfully)
FutureI will attend (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 참석하다

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

  1. Present

    저는 월요일 아침 회의에 항상 참석해요.

    I always attend the Monday morning meeting.

  2. Past

    어제 회사 동료의 결혼식에 참석했어요.

    Yesterday I attended a colleague's wedding.

  3. Future

    다음 주 서울에서 열리는 학회에 참석할 거예요.

    I'll attend the conference held in Seoul next week.

  4. Honorific

    교수님도 어제 우리 졸업식에 참석하셨어요.

    The professor attended our graduation yesterday too.

  5. Connectives

    세미나에 끝까지 참석하면 증명서를 받아요.

    If you attend the seminar to the end, you get a certificate.

  6. Requests and commands

    내일 아침 회의에 꼭 참석하십시오.

    Please be sure to attend tomorrow morning's meeting.

Good to know

  • 참석하다 takes 에: 회의에 참석하다, 결혼식에 참석하다; 참석자 is an attendee, and 불참하다 is to not show up.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.