돌아오다

to come back, to return

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
돌아오는
아/어Infinitive
돌아와
-으니Since
돌아오니
합니다Formal
돌아옵니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 돌아와요돌아옵니다돌아와돌아온다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 돌아왔어요돌아왔습니다돌아왔어돌아왔다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 돌아오겠어요돌아오겠습니다돌아오겠어돌아오겠다
-을 것이다Going to 돌아올 거예요돌아올 것입니다돌아올 거야돌아올 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 돌아와요?돌아옵니까?돌아와?돌아오니?
과거Past 돌아왔어요?돌아왔습니까?돌아왔어?돌아왔니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 돌아오세요돌아오십시오돌아와돌아와라
also, archaic돌아오너라
청유Let's 돌아와요돌아옵시다돌아와돌아오자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 돌아와요안 돌아옵니다안 돌아와안 돌아온다
-지 않다Not (long) 돌아오지 않아요돌아오지 않습니다돌아오지 않아돌아오지 않는다
못Cannot 못 돌아와요못 돌아옵니다못 돌아와못 돌아온다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 돌아오세요돌아오십니다돌아오셔돌아오신다
과거Past 돌아오셨어요돌아오셨습니다돌아오셨어돌아오셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
돌아오는
과거Past
돌아온
미래Future
돌아올
회상Used to
돌아오던

Joining clauses

-고and
돌아오고
-게-ly / so that
돌아오게
-어서so / and then
돌아와서
-으니까since
돌아오니까
-으면if / when
돌아오면
-지만but
돌아오지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
돌아오는데
-어도even if
돌아와도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 돌아오고 있어요돌아오고 있습니다돌아오고 있어돌아오고 있다
과거Was doing 돌아오고 있었어요돌아오고 있었습니다돌아오고 있었어돌아오고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

집으로 돌아왔을 때 어땠나요?

What was it like for you when you came home?

다시 정신을 위한 iOS로 돌아왔습니다.

So again, our favorite interface, the iOS of the mind.

그는 곧 돌아올 것이다.

He will soon come back.

그녀가 돌아오면 나는 떠날거야.

I'll leave when she comes back.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 돌아오다 in Korean?

돌아오다 (to come back, to return) is 돌아와요 in the polite 해요체, 돌아옵니다 in formal 합니다체, 돌아와 in casual 반말 and 돌아온다 in the plain written style. The past is 돌아왔어요.

What is the past tense of 돌아오다?

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

Is 돌아오다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 돌아옵니다, 돌아와, 돌아오니 all keep 돌아오 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 돌아오다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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