KOREAN VERB

대다

to park (a car); to put something against, to touch to

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI park
NegativeI don’t park

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI parked
NegativeI didn’t park

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI park (respectfully)
PastI parked (respectfully)
FutureI will park (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 차를 늘 건물 뒤에 대요.

I always park the car behind the building.
Past

가게 앞에 차를 잠깐 댔어요.

I parked the car in front of the shop for a moment.
Future

길이 좁으니까 차는 큰길에 댈 거예요.

The road's narrow, so I'll park the car on the main road.
Honorific

아버지는 차를 항상 집 앞에 대세요.

Dad always parks the car in front of the house.
Connectives

아이 이마에 손을 대니까 많이 뜨거웠어요.

When I put my hand to the child's forehead, it was very hot.
Requests and commands

차는 저기 노란 선 안에 대세요.

Park the car inside the yellow line over there.

차를 대다 is to park, in everyday speech (주차하다 is the formal word). 손을 대다 is to touch, and 손대지 마세요 is "hands off".

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Fluency Level 2 · 할머니, 옆집 자리에 댔어요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.