가입하다 Korean verb conjugation

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TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 가입하다 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
가입하는
아/어Infinitive
가입하
-으니Since
가입하니
합니다Formal
가입합니다

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 가입하요가입합니다가입하가입한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 가입핬어요가입핬습니다가입핬어가입핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 가입하겠어요가입하겠습니다가입하겠어가입하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 가입할 거예요가입할 것입니다가입할 거야가입할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 가입하요?가입합니까?가입하?가입하니?
과거Past 가입핬어요?가입핬습니까?가입핬어?가입핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 가입하세요가입하십시오가입하가입하라
청유Let's 가입하요가입합시다가입하가입하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 가입하요안 가입합니다안 가입하안 가입한다
-지 않다Not (long) 가입하지 않아요가입하지 않습니다가입하지 않아가입하지 않는다
Cannot 못 가입하요못 가입합니다못 가입하못 가입한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 가입하세요가입하십니다가입하셔가입하신다
과거Past 가입하셨어요가입하셨습니다가입하셨어가입하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
가입하는
과거Past
가입한
미래Future
가입할
회상Used to
가입하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
가입하고
-게-ly / so that
가입하게
-어서so / and then
가입하서
-으니까since
가입하니까
-으면if / when
가입하면
-지만but
가입하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
가입하는데
-어도even if
가입하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 가입하고 있어요가입하고 있습니다가입하고 있어가입하고 있다
과거Was doing 가입하고 있었어요가입하고 있었습니다가입하고 있었어가입하고 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.

빚을 질까? 보험에 가입할까?

Do you get that loan? Do you get insurance?

그래서 가입하지 않았죠.

So I never signed up.

누구나 가입할 수 있습니다.

There is room for everybody to participate here.

그래서 가입하기로 결정했습니다.

So I decided to sign on.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 가입하다 in Korean?

가입하다 (to join, to sign up) is 가입하요 in the polite 해요체, 가입합니다 in formal 합니다체, 가입하 in casual 반말 and 가입한다 in the plain written style. The past is 가입핬어요.

What is the past tense of 가입하다?

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

Is 가입하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 가입합니다, 가입하, 가입하니 all keep 가입하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 가입하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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