돌아가다

to go back, to return

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
돌아가는
아/어Infinitive
돌아가
-으니Since
돌아가니
합니다Formal
돌아갑니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 돌아가요돌아갑니다돌아가돌아간다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 돌아갔어요돌아갔습니다돌아갔어돌아갔다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 돌아가겠어요돌아가겠습니다돌아가겠어돌아가겠다
-을 것이다Going to 돌아갈 거예요돌아갈 것입니다돌아갈 거야돌아갈 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 돌아가요?돌아갑니까?돌아가?돌아가니?
과거Past 돌아갔어요?돌아갔습니까?돌아갔어?돌아갔니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 돌아가세요돌아가십시오돌아가돌아가라
also, archaic돌아가거라
청유Let's 돌아가요돌아갑시다돌아가돌아가자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 돌아가요안 돌아갑니다안 돌아가안 돌아간다
-지 않다Not (long) 돌아가지 않아요돌아가지 않습니다돌아가지 않아돌아가지 않는다
못Cannot 못 돌아가요못 돌아갑니다못 돌아가못 돌아간다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 돌아가세요돌아가십니다돌아가셔돌아가신다
과거Past 돌아가셨어요돌아가셨습니다돌아가셨어돌아가셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
돌아가는
과거Past
돌아간
미래Future
돌아갈
회상Used to
돌아가던

Joining clauses

-고and
돌아가고
-게-ly / so that
돌아가게
-어서so / and then
돌아가서
-으니까since
돌아가니까
-으면if / when
돌아가면
-지만but
돌아가지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
돌아가는데
-어도even if
돌아가도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 돌아가고 있어요돌아가고 있습니다돌아가고 있어돌아가고 있다
과거Was doing 돌아가고 있었어요돌아가고 있었습니다돌아가고 있었어돌아가고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

학교에서 돌아가는 길에 만났어.

I met him on my way home from school.

세계는 너를 중심으로 돌아가지 않는다.

The world doesn't revolve around you.

톰은 컴퓨터가 어떻게 돌아가는지 몰라.

Tom doesn't understand how a computer works.

처음으로 돌아가서 생각해 보자.

Let’s take things from the beginning.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 돌아가다 in Korean?

돌아가다 (to go back, to return) is 돌아가요 in the polite 해요체, 돌아갑니다 in formal 합니다체, 돌아가 in casual 반말 and 돌아간다 in the plain written style. The past is 돌아갔어요.

What is the past tense of 돌아가다?

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

Is 돌아가다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 돌아갑니다, 돌아가, 돌아가니 all keep 돌아가 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 돌아가다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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