참다 Korean verb conjugation

to endure

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 참다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
참는
아/어Infinitive
참아
-으니Since
참으니
합니다Formal
참습니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 참아요참습니다참아참는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 참았어요참았습니다참았어참았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 참겠어요참겠습니다참겠어참겠다
-을 것이다Going to 참을 거예요참을 것입니다참을 거야참을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 참아요?참습니까?참아?참니?
과거Past 참았어요?참았습니까?참았어?참았니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 참으세요참으십시오참아참아라
청유Let's 참아요참읍시다참아참자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 참아요안 참습니다안 참아안 참는다
-지 않다Not (long) 참지 않아요참지 않습니다참지 않아참지 않는다
Cannot 못 참아요못 참습니다못 참아못 참는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 참으세요참으십니다참으셔참으신다
과거Past 참으셨어요참으셨습니다참으셨어참으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
참는
과거Past
참은
미래Future
참을
회상Used to
참던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
참고
-게-ly / so that
참게
-어서so / and then
참아서
-으니까since
참으니까
-으면if / when
참으면
-지만but
참지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
참는데
-어도even if
참아도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 참고 있어요참고 있습니다참고 있어참고 있다
과거Was doing 참고 있었어요참고 있었습니다참고 있었어참고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

더 이상 참을 수가 없어요.

I can't stand it any longer.

난 메리의 남자친구를 참을 수가 없어.

I can't stand Mary's boyfriend.

이것도 별로 좋지 않게 들리겠지만 조금만 참으세요.

Okay, this sounds pretty bad, too, but hang in there.

당신이 저를 참아낼 수 있다고 생각하세요?

Do you think you can put up with me?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 참다 in Korean?

참다 (to endure) is 참아요 in the polite 해요체, 참습니다 in formal 합니다체, 참아 in casual 반말 and 참는다 in the plain written style. The past is 참았어요.

What is the past tense of 참다?

참았어요 in everyday polite speech, 참았습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 참아 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 참다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 참습니다, 참아, 참으니 all keep 참 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 참다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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