KOREAN VERB

돌아가다

to go back, to return (there)

Conjugation

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현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI go back
NegativeI don’t go back

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI went back
NegativeI didn’t go back

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will go back
NegativeI won’t go back

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI go back (respectfully)
PastI went back (respectfully)
FutureI will go back (respectfully)

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

Present

수아는 매일 여섯 시에 집으로 돌아가요.

Su-a goes back home at six every day.
Past

지갑을 두고 와서 사무실로 돌아갔어요.

I'd left my wallet, so I went back to the office.
Future

엘리는 다음 달에 고향으로 돌아갈 거예요.

Eli is going back to his hometown next month.
Honorific

박 선생님은 내일 부산으로 돌아가세요.

Mrs. Park goes back to Busan tomorrow.
Connectives

집에 돌아가면 먼저 손을 씻어요.

When I get back home, I wash my hands first.
Requests and commands

너무 늦었으니까 이제 집에 돌아가세요.

It's very late, so go back home now.

돌아오다 is to come back here; said of an elder in the past, 돌아가셨어요 means passed away.

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Advanced Level 2 · 뉴턴은 영국으로 돌아가고.

Advanced Level 3 · 돌아가자마자 아침이다. 또 순두부.

Fluency Level 2 · 카메라 돌아간다. 영화 끝이야.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.