되돌아가다 Korean verb conjugation

to backtrack, retrace, retrocede

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 되돌아가다 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: 되돌아가는
아/어Infinitive: 되돌아가
-으니Since: 되돌아가니
합니다Formal: 되돌아갑니다

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.

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	되돌아가요	되돌아갑니다	되돌아가	되돌아간다

과거Past

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	되돌아갔어요	되돌아갔습니다	되돌아갔어	되돌아갔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be	되돌아가겠어요	되돌아가겠습니다	되돌아가겠어	되돌아가겠다
-을 것이다Going to	되돌아갈 거예요	되돌아갈 것입니다	되돌아갈 거야	되돌아갈 것이다

의문Questions

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	되돌아가요?	되돌아갑니까?	되돌아가?	되돌아가니?
과거Past	되돌아갔어요?	되돌아갔습니까?	되돌아갔어?	되돌아갔니?

명령Commands

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
명령Do it	되돌아가세요	되돌아가십시오	되돌아가	되돌아가라
also, archaic	되돌아가거라
청유Let's	되돌아가요	되돌아갑시다	되돌아가	되돌아가자

부정Negation

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
안Not (short)	안 되돌아가요	안 되돌아갑니다	안 되돌아가	안 되돌아간다
-지 않다Not (long)	되돌아가지 않아요	되돌아가지 않습니다	되돌아가지 않아	되돌아가지 않는다
못Cannot	못 되돌아가요	못 되돌아갑니다	못 되돌아가	못 되돌아간다

높임Honorific

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	되돌아가세요	되돌아가십니다	되돌아가셔	되돌아가신다
과거Past	되돌아가셨어요	되돌아가셨습니다	되돌아가셨어	되돌아가셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present: 되돌아가는
과거Past: 되돌아간
미래Future: 되돌아갈
회상Used to: 되돌아가던

연결Joining clauses

-고and: 되돌아가고
-게-ly / so that: 되돌아가게
-어서so / and then: 되돌아가서
-으니까since: 되돌아가니까
-으면if / when: 되돌아가면
-지만but: 되돌아가지만
-는데and / but (setting up): 되돌아가는데
-어도even if: 되돌아가도

진행In progress

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Is doing	되돌아가고 있어요	되돌아가고 있습니다	되돌아가고 있어	되돌아가고 있다
과거Was doing	되돌아가고 있었어요	되돌아가고 있었습니다	되돌아가고 있었어	되돌아가고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

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

1이 2에/에게/로 되돌아가다
1이 2로 되돌아가다

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

하지만 되돌아갈 순 없습니다.

But there's no going back.

잠시 되돌아가서 맥락을 좀 살펴볼까요.

Let's take a step back and put that into context.

할 수만 있다면 저는 되돌아가 제 자신의 코치가 되고 싶습니다.

If I could, I'd go back and I'd coach myself.

이는 제가 시작했던 곳으로 되돌아가게 하죠.

Which brings me back to where I began.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 되돌아가다 in Korean?

되돌아가다 (to backtrack, retrace, retrocede) is 되돌아가요 in the polite 해요체, 되돌아갑니다 in formal 합니다체, 되돌아가 in casual 반말 and 되돌아간다 in the plain written style. The past is 되돌아갔어요.

What is the past tense of 되돌아가다?

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

Is 되돌아가다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 되돌아갑니다, 되돌아가, 되돌아가니 all keep 되돌아가 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 되돌아가다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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