가담하다 Korean verb conjugation

to participate, to help out, to work with somebody

Every form of 가담하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
가담하는
아/어Infinitive
가담해
-으니Since
가담하니
합니다Formal
가담합니다

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 가담해요가담합니다가담해가담한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 가담했어요가담했습니다가담했어가담했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 가담하겠어요가담하겠습니다가담하겠어가담하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 가담할 거예요가담할 것입니다가담할 거야가담할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 가담해요?가담합니까?가담해?가담하니?
과거Past 가담했어요?가담했습니까?가담했어?가담했니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 가담하세요가담하십시오가담해가담해라
청유Let's 가담해요가담합시다가담해가담하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 가담해요안 가담합니다안 가담해안 가담한다
-지 않다Not (long) 가담하지 않아요가담하지 않습니다가담하지 않아가담하지 않는다
Cannot 못 가담해요못 가담합니다못 가담해못 가담한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 가담하세요가담하십니다가담하셔가담하신다
과거Past 가담하셨어요가담하셨습니다가담하셨어가담하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
가담하는
과거Past
가담한
미래Future
가담할
회상Used to
가담하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
가담하고
-게-ly / so that
가담하게
-어서so / and then
가담해서
-으니까since
가담하니까
-으면if / when
가담하면
-지만but
가담하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
가담하는데
-어도even if
가담해도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 가담하고 있어요가담하고 있습니다가담하고 있어가담하고 있다
과거Was doing 가담하고 있었어요가담하고 있었습니다가담하고 있었어가담하고 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.

여기서, 시위대는 불법적인 행위에 가담했습니다.

Some force was probably needed to clear the roads.

그는 강도짓에 가담하게 되어 9미리 권총을 받았어요.

He was invited to a robbery, he was given a 9mm handgun.

나더러 반란에 가담하란 말이오?

You want me to join a rebellion?

이 모든 것에는 경찰이 가담하였다.

The situation was dealt with by police.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 가담하다 in Korean?

가담하다 (to participate, to help out, to work with somebody) is 가담해요 in the polite 해요체, 가담합니다 in formal 합니다체, 가담해 in casual 반말 and 가담한다 in the plain written style. The past is 가담했어요.

What is the past tense of 가담하다?

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

Is 가담하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 가담하여 and 가담하니 but unchanged in 가담합니다.

What TOPIK level is 가담하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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