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KOREAN VERB

입학하다

to enter a school

  • #297 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI enter a school
NegativeI don’t enter a school

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI entered a school
NegativeI didn’t enter a school

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will enter a school
NegativeI won’t enter a school

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI enter a school (respectfully)
PastI entered a school (respectfully)
FutureI will enter a school (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 입학하다

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

  1. Present

    조카가 올해 초등학교에 입학해요.

    My nephew starts elementary school this year.

  2. Past

    저는 작년에 서울에 있는 대학교에 입학했어요.

    Last year I entered a university in Seoul.

  3. Future

    수아는 내년에 요리 학교에 입학할 거예요.

    Su-a will enter a cooking school next year.

  4. Honorific

    박 선생님은 늦은 나이에 대학원에 입학하셨어요.

    Mrs. Park entered graduate school late in life.

  5. Connectives

    입학하고 처음 한 달은 정말 힘들었어요.

    The first month after starting school was really hard.

  6. Requests and commands

    먼저 한국어를 배우고 그다음에 입학하세요.

    Learn Korean first, and then enter the school.

Good to know

  • 입학 is the start of school and 졸업 the end; the school takes 에: 대학교에 입학해요.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.