돌이키다 Korean verb conjugation
to turn around
Every form of 돌이키다 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
- 돌이키는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 돌이켜
- -으니Since
- 돌이키니
- 합니다Formal
- 돌이킵니다
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 | 돌이켜요 | 돌이킵니다 | 돌이켜 | 돌이킨다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 돌이켰어요 | 돌이켰습니다 | 돌이켰어 | 돌이켰다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 돌이키겠어요 | 돌이키겠습니다 | 돌이키겠어 | 돌이키겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 돌이킬 거예요 | 돌이킬 것입니다 | 돌이킬 거야 | 돌이킬 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 돌이켜요? | 돌이킵니까? | 돌이켜? | 돌이키니? |
| 과거Past | 돌이켰어요? | 돌이켰습니까? | 돌이켰어? | 돌이켰니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 돌이키세요 | 돌이키십시오 | 돌이켜 | 돌이켜라 |
| 청유Let's | 돌이켜요 | 돌이킵시다 | 돌이켜 | 돌이키자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 돌이켜요 | 안 돌이킵니다 | 안 돌이켜 | 안 돌이킨다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 돌이키지 않아요 | 돌이키지 않습니다 | 돌이키지 않아 | 돌이키지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 돌이켜요 | 못 돌이킵니다 | 못 돌이켜 | 못 돌이킨다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 돌이키세요 | 돌이키십니다 | 돌이키셔 | 돌이키신다 |
| 과거Past | 돌이키셨어요 | 돌이키셨습니다 | 돌이키셨어 | 돌이키셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 돌이키는
- 과거Past
- 돌이킨
- 미래Future
- 돌이킬
- 회상Used to
- 돌이키던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 돌이키고
- -게-ly / so that
- 돌이키게
- -어서so / and then
- 돌이켜서
- -으니까since
- 돌이키니까
- -으면if / when
- 돌이키면
- -지만but
- 돌이키지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 돌이키는데
- -어도even if
- 돌이켜도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 돌이키고 있어요 | 돌이키고 있습니다 | 돌이키고 있어 | 돌이키고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 돌이키고 있었어요 | 돌이키고 있었습니다 | 돌이키고 있었어 | 돌이키고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 돌이키다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
이미 저지른 일은 돌이킬 수 없다.
What is done cannot be undone.
지금에서 돌이켜보면, 그것은 제게 좋은 소식이었죠.
Now for me, that was mostly good news.
그러나 제가 60년대를 돌이켜보면,
And they talk about the anarchy that was there.
이제 올해가 되어 다시 돌이켜 생각 해 봅니다.
This year we were thinking, "Why does it work?"
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 돌이키다 in Korean?
돌이키다 (to turn around) is 돌이켜요 in the polite 해요체, 돌이킵니다 in formal 합니다체, 돌이켜 in casual 반말 and 돌이킨다 in the plain written style. The past is 돌이켰어요.
What is the past tense of 돌이키다?
돌이켰어요 in everyday polite speech, 돌이켰습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 돌이켜 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 돌이키다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 돌이킵니다, 돌이켜, 돌이키니 all keep 돌이키 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 돌이키다?
5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.
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