돌려보내다

to send back

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
돌려보내는
아/어Infinitive
돌려보내
-으니Since
돌려보내니
합니다Formal
돌려보냅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 돌려보내요돌려보냅니다돌려보내돌려보낸다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 돌려보냈어요돌려보냈습니다돌려보냈어돌려보냈다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 돌려보내겠어요돌려보내겠습니다돌려보내겠어돌려보내겠다
-을 것이다Going to 돌려보낼 거예요돌려보낼 것입니다돌려보낼 거야돌려보낼 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 돌려보내요?돌려보냅니까?돌려보내?돌려보내니?
과거Past 돌려보냈어요?돌려보냈습니까?돌려보냈어?돌려보냈니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 돌려보내세요돌려보내십시오돌려보내돌려보내라
청유Let's 돌려보내요돌려보냅시다돌려보내돌려보내자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 돌려보내요안 돌려보냅니다안 돌려보내안 돌려보낸다
-지 않다Not (long) 돌려보내지 않아요돌려보내지 않습니다돌려보내지 않아돌려보내지 않는다
못Cannot 못 돌려보내요못 돌려보냅니다못 돌려보내못 돌려보낸다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 돌려보내세요돌려보내십니다돌려보내셔돌려보내신다
과거Past 돌려보내셨어요돌려보내셨습니다돌려보내셨어돌려보내셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
돌려보내는
과거Past
돌려보낸
미래Future
돌려보낼
회상Used to
돌려보내던

Joining 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

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 돌려보내고 있어요돌려보내고 있습니다돌려보내고 있어돌려보내고 있다
과거Was doing 돌려보내고 있었어요돌려보내고 있었습니다돌려보내고 있었어돌려보내고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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