돌려주다 Korean verb conjugation
to return, to give back
Every form of 돌려주다 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
- 돌려주는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 돌려줘
- -으니Since
- 돌려주니
- 합니다Formal
- 돌려줍니다
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 | 돌려줘요 | 돌려줍니다 | 돌려줘 | 돌려준다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 돌려줬어요 | 돌려줬습니다 | 돌려줬어 | 돌려줬다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 돌려주겠어요 | 돌려주겠습니다 | 돌려주겠어 | 돌려주겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 돌려줄 거예요 | 돌려줄 것입니다 | 돌려줄 거야 | 돌려줄 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 돌려줘요? | 돌려줍니까? | 돌려줘? | 돌려주니? |
| 과거Past | 돌려줬어요? | 돌려줬습니까? | 돌려줬어? | 돌려줬니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 돌려주세요 | 돌려주십시오 | 돌려줘 | 돌려줘라 |
| 청유Let's | 돌려줘요 | 돌려줍시다 | 돌려줘 | 돌려주자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 돌려줘요 | 안 돌려줍니다 | 안 돌려줘 | 안 돌려준다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 돌려주지 않아요 | 돌려주지 않습니다 | 돌려주지 않아 | 돌려주지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 돌려줘요 | 못 돌려줍니다 | 못 돌려줘 | 못 돌려준다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 돌려주세요 | 돌려주십니다 | 돌려주셔 | 돌려주신다 |
| 과거Past | 돌려주셨어요 | 돌려주셨습니다 | 돌려주셨어 | 돌려주셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 돌려주는
- 과거Past
- 돌려준
- 미래Future
- 돌려줄
- 회상Used to
- 돌려주던
연결Joining 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
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 돌려주고 있어요 | 돌려주고 있습니다 | 돌려주고 있어 | 돌려주고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 돌려주고 있었어요 | 돌려주고 있었습니다 | 돌려주고 있었어 | 돌려주고 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 3을 돌려주다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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