되돌아보다

to look back on

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
되돌아보는
아/어Infinitive
되돌아봐
-으니Since
되돌아보니
합니다Formal
되돌아봅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 되돌아봐요되돌아봅니다되돌아봐되돌아본다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 되돌아봤어요되돌아봤습니다되돌아봤어되돌아봤다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 되돌아보겠어요되돌아보겠습니다되돌아보겠어되돌아보겠다
-을 것이다Going to 되돌아볼 거예요되돌아볼 것입니다되돌아볼 거야되돌아볼 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 되돌아봐요?되돌아봅니까?되돌아봐?되돌아보니?
과거Past 되돌아봤어요?되돌아봤습니까?되돌아봤어?되돌아봤니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 되돌아보세요되돌아보십시오되돌아봐되돌아봐라
청유Let's 되돌아봐요되돌아봅시다되돌아봐되돌아보자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 되돌아봐요안 되돌아봅니다안 되돌아봐안 되돌아본다
-지 않다Not (long) 되돌아보지 않아요되돌아보지 않습니다되돌아보지 않아되돌아보지 않는다
못Cannot 못 되돌아봐요못 되돌아봅니다못 되돌아봐못 되돌아본다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 되돌아보세요되돌아보십니다되돌아보셔되돌아보신다
과거Past 되돌아보셨어요되돌아보셨습니다되돌아보셨어되돌아보셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
되돌아보는
과거Past
되돌아본
미래Future
되돌아볼
회상Used to
되돌아보던

Joining clauses

-고and
되돌아보고
-게-ly / so that
되돌아보게
-어서so / and then
되돌아봐서
-으니까since
되돌아보니까
-으면if / when
되돌아보면
-지만but
되돌아보지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
되돌아보는데
-어도even if
되돌아봐도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 되돌아보고 있어요되돌아보고 있습니다되돌아보고 있어되돌아보고 있다
과거Was doing 되돌아보고 있었어요되돌아보고 있었습니다되돌아보고 있었어되돌아보고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

저는 최근 그들의 과거를 되돌아봤습니다.

I recently reviewed some of their histories.

사실, 역사를 되돌아보면 음성 언어가 더 활발히 사용됐죠.

For much of history, the vast majority of language was spoken.

어린이: 이곳에서의 모든 시간을 되돌아보면, 음악이 제 인생이에요.

Child: After all this time here, music is life.

하지만 되돌아보니, 그렇지 않았어요.

But looking back, that wasn't it.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 되돌아보다 in Korean?

되돌아보다 (to look back on) is 되돌아봐요 in the polite 해요체, 되돌아봅니다 in formal 합니다체, 되돌아봐 in casual 반말 and 되돌아본다 in the plain written style. The past is 되돌아봤어요.

What is the past tense of 되돌아보다?

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

Is 되돌아보다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 되돌아봅니다, 되돌아봐, 되돌아보니 all keep 되돌아보 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 되돌아보다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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