돌려받다 Korean verb conjugation

to get back

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 돌려받다 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: 돌려받는
아/어Infinitive: 돌려받아
-으니Since: 돌려받으니
합니다Formal: 돌려받습니다

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	돌려받아요	돌려받습니다	돌려받아	돌려받는다

과거Past

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	돌려받았어요	돌려받았습니다	돌려받았어	돌려받았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be	돌려받겠어요	돌려받겠습니다	돌려받겠어	돌려받겠다
-을 것이다Going to	돌려받을 거예요	돌려받을 것입니다	돌려받을 거야	돌려받을 것이다

의문Questions

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	돌려받아요?	돌려받습니까?	돌려받아?	돌려받니?
과거Past	돌려받았어요?	돌려받았습니까?	돌려받았어?	돌려받았니?

명령Commands

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
명령Do it	돌려받으세요	돌려받으십시오	돌려받아	돌려받아라
청유Let's	돌려받아요	돌려받읍시다	돌려받아	돌려받자

부정Negation

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
안Not (short)	안 돌려받아요	안 돌려받습니다	안 돌려받아	안 돌려받는다
-지 않다Not (long)	돌려받지 않아요	돌려받지 않습니다	돌려받지 않아	돌려받지 않는다
못Cannot	못 돌려받아요	못 돌려받습니다	못 돌려받아	못 돌려받는다

높임Honorific

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	돌려받으세요	돌려받으십니다	돌려받으셔	돌려받으신다
과거Past	돌려받으셨어요	돌려받으셨습니다	돌려받으셨어	돌려받으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present: 돌려받는
과거Past: 돌려받은
미래Future: 돌려받을
회상Used to: 돌려받던

연결Joining clauses

-고and: 돌려받고
-게-ly / so that: 돌려받게
-어서so / and then: 돌려받아서
-으니까since: 돌려받으니까
-으면if / when: 돌려받으면
-지만but: 돌려받지만
-는데and / but (setting up): 돌려받는데
-어도even if: 돌려받아도

진행In progress

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

문형Sentence patterns

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

1이 2에서/에게서 3을 돌려받다

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

그리고 CNN은 백악관 출입증을 돌려받기 위해 고소를 했습니다.

And CNN had to sue to have that press pass reinstated.

그 날 도서관은 연체되었던 70만 개 이상의 자료를 돌려받았죠.

That same day, they received more than 700,000 items that were overdue.

그리고 이것을 돌려받았죠.

And this is what we got back.

그럼 제가 천국을 가면 저 예전의 자궁을 돌려받는다는 겁니까?"

So does this mean that if I went to heaven, I would get my old uterus back?"

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 돌려받다 in Korean?

돌려받다 (to get back) is 돌려받아요 in the polite 해요체, 돌려받습니다 in formal 합니다체, 돌려받아 in casual 반말 and 돌려받는다 in the plain written style. The past is 돌려받았어요.

What is the past tense of 돌려받다?

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

Is 돌려받다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 돌려받습니다, 돌려받아, 돌려받으니 all keep 돌려받 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 돌려받다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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