KOREAN VERB

돌아오다

to come back, to return

Conjugation

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

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

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI came back
NegativeI didn’t come back

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI come back (respectfully)
PastI came back (respectfully)
FutureI will come 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

아버지는 보통 일곱 시에 집에 돌아와요.

My father usually comes home at seven.
Past

지난주에 제주도 여행에서 집으로 돌아왔어요.

I came back home from a trip to Jeju last week.
Future

동생은 내년 봄에 군대에서 돌아올 거예요.

My brother will come back from the army next spring.
Honorific

사장님은 부산 출장에서 언제 돌아오세요?

When does the boss come back from his trip to Busan?
Connectives

밤에 집에 돌아오니까 아무도 없었어요.

When I came back home at night, nobody was there.
Requests and commands

늦지 말고 열 시 전에 돌아오세요.

Don't be late, come back before ten.

돌아오다 is coming back here; 돌아가다 is going back there, and, said politely, passing away.

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

Advanced Level 3 · 과학 축제 때는 돌아옵니까?

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.