돌려주다

to return, to give back

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
돌려주는
아/어Infinitive
돌려줘
-으니Since
돌려주니
합니다Formal
돌려줍니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 돌려줘요돌려줍니다돌려줘돌려준다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 돌려줬어요돌려줬습니다돌려줬어돌려줬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 돌려주겠어요돌려주겠습니다돌려주겠어돌려주겠다
-을 것이다Going to 돌려줄 거예요돌려줄 것입니다돌려줄 거야돌려줄 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 돌려줘요?돌려줍니까?돌려줘?돌려주니?
과거Past 돌려줬어요?돌려줬습니까?돌려줬어?돌려줬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 돌려주세요돌려주십시오돌려줘돌려줘라
청유Let's 돌려줘요돌려줍시다돌려줘돌려주자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 돌려줘요안 돌려줍니다안 돌려줘안 돌려준다
-지 않다Not (long) 돌려주지 않아요돌려주지 않습니다돌려주지 않아돌려주지 않는다
못Cannot 못 돌려줘요못 돌려줍니다못 돌려줘못 돌려준다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 돌려주세요돌려주십니다돌려주셔돌려주신다
과거Past 돌려주셨어요돌려주셨습니다돌려주셨어돌려주셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
돌려주는
과거Past
돌려준
미래Future
돌려줄
회상Used to
돌려주던

Joining clauses

-고and
돌려주고
-게-ly / so that
돌려주게
-어서so / and then
돌려줘서
-으니까since
돌려주니까
-으면if / when
돌려주면
-지만but
돌려주지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
돌려주는데
-어도even if
돌려줘도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 돌려주고 있어요돌려주고 있습니다돌려주고 있어돌려주고 있다
과거Was doing 돌려주고 있었어요돌려주고 있었습니다돌려주고 있었어돌려주고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

저는 친구에게서 빌려 간 책을 돌려줬어요.

I gave the book I had borrowed back to my friend.

신좌익은 대중에게 권력을 돌려줘야 한다고 주장했고

And then the New Left was talking about power to the people.

그리고 그가 다시 돌려준 종이를 보고 저는 놀랐습니다.

But when I saw the paper that he handed back to me, I was shocked.

처음 두 달 동안에 160만 달러를 보스톤에서만 750가정에 돌려주었습니다.

In the first two, we returned 1.6 million dollars to 750 families in Boston alone.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 돌려주다 in Korean?

돌려주다 (to return, to give back) is 돌려줘요 in the polite 해요체, 돌려줍니다 in formal 합니다체, 돌려줘 in casual 반말 and 돌려준다 in the plain written style. The past is 돌려줬어요.

What is the past tense of 돌려주다?

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

Is 돌려주다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 돌려줍니다, 돌려줘, 돌려주니 all keep 돌려주 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 돌려주다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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