KOREAN VERB

참여하다

to participate

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI participate
NegativeI don’t participate

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI participated
NegativeI didn’t participate

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI participate (respectfully)
PastI participated (respectfully)
FutureI will participate (respectfully)

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

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

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

Present

저는 매달 동네 청소 봉사에 참여해요.

Every month I take part in the neighborhood cleanup.
Past

백 명이 넘는 사람이 설문에 참여했어요.

More than a hundred people took part in the survey.
Future

이번 봄 마라톤에는 꼭 참여할 거예요.

I'll definitely take part in this spring's marathon.
Honorific

김 선생님도 어제 토론에 참여하셨어요.

Mr. Kim took part in the discussion yesterday too.
Connectives

이벤트에 참여하면 추첨으로 선물을 드려요.

If you join the event, we give prizes by draw.
Requests and commands

투표에 꼭 참여하세요, 여러분의 권리예요.

Make sure you vote; it's your right.

참여하다 takes 에 and means taking an active part, in a project, a survey, a vote; 참석하다 is just being present at an event.

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.