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KOREAN VERB

등록하다

to register

  • #279 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI register
NegativeI don’t register

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI registered
NegativeI didn’t register

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI register (respectfully)
PastI registered (respectfully)
FutureI will register (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 등록하다

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

  1. Present

    저는 매 학기 한국어 수업에 등록해요.

    I register for the Korean class every semester.

  2. Past

    어제 집 근처 헬스장에 등록했어요.

    Yesterday I signed up at the gym near my place.

  3. Future

    다음 달에 요가 학원에 등록할 거예요.

    Next month I'll register at a yoga studio.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 동네 컴퓨터 수업에 등록하셨어요.

    Grandma registered for the neighborhood computer class.

  5. Connectives

    오늘 등록하면 첫 달은 무료예요.

    If you register today, the first month is free.

  6. Requests and commands

    자리가 얼마 없으니까 빨리 등록하세요.

    There aren't many spots, so register quickly.

Good to know

  • 등록하다 is signing up for a course, a gym, a car; the fee is 등록금 and 등록증 is the certificate. 가입하다 is joining a service or a club.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.