돌아서다

to turn around (while standing)

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
돌아서는
아/어Infinitive
돌아서
-으니Since
돌아서니
합니다Formal
돌아섭니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 돌아서요돌아섭니다돌아서돌아선다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 돌아섰어요돌아섰습니다돌아섰어돌아섰다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 돌아서겠어요돌아서겠습니다돌아서겠어돌아서겠다
-을 것이다Going to 돌아설 거예요돌아설 것입니다돌아설 거야돌아설 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 돌아서요?돌아섭니까?돌아서?돌아서니?
과거Past 돌아섰어요?돌아섰습니까?돌아섰어?돌아섰니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 돌아서세요돌아서십시오돌아서돌아서라
청유Let's 돌아서요돌아섭시다돌아서돌아서자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 돌아서요안 돌아섭니다안 돌아서안 돌아선다
-지 않다Not (long) 돌아서지 않아요돌아서지 않습니다돌아서지 않아돌아서지 않는다
못Cannot 못 돌아서요못 돌아섭니다못 돌아서못 돌아선다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 돌아서세요돌아서십니다돌아서셔돌아서신다
과거Past 돌아서셨어요돌아서셨습니다돌아서셨어돌아서셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
돌아서는
과거Past
돌아선
미래Future
돌아설
회상Used to
돌아서던

Joining clauses

-고and
돌아서고
-게-ly / so that
돌아서게
-어서so / and then
돌아서서
-으니까since
돌아서니까
-으면if / when
돌아서면
-지만but
돌아서지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
돌아서는데
-어도even if
돌아서도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 돌아서고 있어요돌아서고 있습니다돌아서고 있어돌아서고 있다
과거Was doing 돌아서고 있었어요돌아서고 있었습니다돌아서고 있었어돌아서고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그리고 돌아서서 가 버렸어요.

And she turned around and walked away.

그래서 더 쉬운 문제로 돌아섰죠.

And so he turned to an easier problem.

제가 그것을 할 때, 프랭크는 돌아섭니다.

And when I do that, your Frank turns around.

천천히 돌아서서 손 들어

Turn around slowly, let me see those hands!

Common questions

How do you conjugate 돌아서다 in Korean?

돌아서다 (to turn around (while standing)) is 돌아서요 in the polite 해요체, 돌아섭니다 in formal 합니다체, 돌아서 in casual 반말 and 돌아선다 in the plain written style. The past is 돌아섰어요.

What is the past tense of 돌아서다?

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

Is 돌아서다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 돌아섭니다, 돌아서, 돌아서니 all keep 돌아서 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 돌아서다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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