돌려보내다 Korean verb conjugation
to send back
Every form of 돌려보내다 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
- 돌려보내는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 돌려보내
- -으니Since
- 돌려보내니
- 합니다Formal
- 돌려보냅니다
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 | 돌려보내요 | 돌려보냅니다 | 돌려보내 | 돌려보낸다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 돌려보냈어요 | 돌려보냈습니다 | 돌려보냈어 | 돌려보냈다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 돌려보내겠어요 | 돌려보내겠습니다 | 돌려보내겠어 | 돌려보내겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 돌려보낼 거예요 | 돌려보낼 것입니다 | 돌려보낼 거야 | 돌려보낼 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 돌려보내요? | 돌려보냅니까? | 돌려보내? | 돌려보내니? |
| 과거Past | 돌려보냈어요? | 돌려보냈습니까? | 돌려보냈어? | 돌려보냈니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 돌려보내세요 | 돌려보내십시오 | 돌려보내 | 돌려보내라 |
| 청유Let's | 돌려보내요 | 돌려보냅시다 | 돌려보내 | 돌려보내자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 돌려보내요 | 안 돌려보냅니다 | 안 돌려보내 | 안 돌려보낸다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 돌려보내지 않아요 | 돌려보내지 않습니다 | 돌려보내지 않아 | 돌려보내지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 돌려보내요 | 못 돌려보냅니다 | 못 돌려보내 | 못 돌려보낸다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 돌려보내세요 | 돌려보내십니다 | 돌려보내셔 | 돌려보내신다 |
| 과거Past | 돌려보내셨어요 | 돌려보내셨습니다 | 돌려보내셨어 | 돌려보내셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 돌려보내는
- 과거Past
- 돌려보낸
- 미래Future
- 돌려보낼
- 회상Used to
- 돌려보내던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 돌려보내고
- -게-ly / so that
- 돌려보내게
- -어서so / and then
- 돌려보내서
- -으니까since
- 돌려보내니까
- -으면if / when
- 돌려보내면
- -지만but
- 돌려보내지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 돌려보내는데
- -어도even if
- 돌려보내도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 돌려보내고 있어요 | 돌려보내고 있습니다 | 돌려보내고 있어 | 돌려보내고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 돌려보내고 있었어요 | 돌려보내고 있었습니다 | 돌려보내고 있었어 | 돌려보내고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 3에/에게/으로 돌려보내다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
사람들이 집으로 돌려보낼 테니까요.
They'd have sent her back home again.
그 꼬마는 자신의 자리로 돌려보내야 해.
I have to put him back in his place.
그들의 열정이 저를 그리기 수업으로 돌려보냈습니다. 이번에는 선생님으로서요.
Their passion encourages me to go back to drawing classes, but this time as a teacher myself.
그냥 이렇게 돌려보내시면 안 되죠
You can't just return them. They said I wasn't a good fit.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 돌려보내다 in Korean?
돌려보내다 (to send back) is 돌려보내요 in the polite 해요체, 돌려보냅니다 in formal 합니다체, 돌려보내 in casual 반말 and 돌려보낸다 in the plain written style. The past is 돌려보냈어요.
What is the past tense of 돌려보내다?
돌려보냈어요 in everyday polite speech, 돌려보냈습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 돌려보내 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 돌려보내다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 돌려보냅니다, 돌려보내, 돌려보내니 all keep 돌려보내 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 돌려보내다?
4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.
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