KOREAN VERB

견디다

to bear, to withstand

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI bear
NegativeI don’t bear

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI bore
NegativeI didn’t bear

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI bear (respectfully)
PastI bore (respectfully)
FutureI will bear (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

이 식물은 추위를 잘 견뎌요.

This plant withstands the cold well.
Past

힘든 시기를 가족 덕분에 견뎠어요.

I got through the hard time thanks to my family.
Future

이 텐트는 강한 바람도 견딜 거예요.

This tent will withstand even strong winds.
Honorific

할아버지는 긴 치료를 잘 견디셨어요.

Grandpa bore the long treatment well.
Connectives

조금만 더 견디면 봄이 와요.

Hold on a little longer and spring will come.
Requests and commands

힘들어도 이번 달은 끝까지 견디세요.

Even if it's hard, hold on till the end of this month.

견디다 is to hold up under something long and heavy, like cold, pain or a hard year; 참다 is for the moment.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.