돌이키다

to turn around

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
돌이키는
아/어Infinitive
돌이켜
-으니Since
돌이키니
합니다Formal
돌이킵니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 돌이켜요돌이킵니다돌이켜돌이킨다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 돌이켰어요돌이켰습니다돌이켰어돌이켰다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 돌이키겠어요돌이키겠습니다돌이키겠어돌이키겠다
-을 것이다Going to 돌이킬 거예요돌이킬 것입니다돌이킬 거야돌이킬 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 돌이켜요?돌이킵니까?돌이켜?돌이키니?
과거Past 돌이켰어요?돌이켰습니까?돌이켰어?돌이켰니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 돌이키세요돌이키십시오돌이켜돌이켜라
청유Let's 돌이켜요돌이킵시다돌이켜돌이키자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 돌이켜요안 돌이킵니다안 돌이켜안 돌이킨다
-지 않다Not (long) 돌이키지 않아요돌이키지 않습니다돌이키지 않아돌이키지 않는다
못Cannot 못 돌이켜요못 돌이킵니다못 돌이켜못 돌이킨다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 돌이키세요돌이키십니다돌이키셔돌이키신다
과거Past 돌이키셨어요돌이키셨습니다돌이키셨어돌이키셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
돌이키는
과거Past
돌이킨
미래Future
돌이킬
회상Used to
돌이키던

Joining 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

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 돌이키고 있어요돌이키고 있습니다돌이키고 있어돌이키고 있다
과거Was doing 돌이키고 있었어요돌이키고 있었습니다돌이키고 있었어돌이키고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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?"

Common 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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