Turn back in Korean 🇰🇷

되돌아가다 info.

Tips to remember:
• Notice the word’s components: 되 (again), 돌아 (turn/return), and 가다 (go). Together, they literally mean “go again in a turning way,” which helps you remember that it expresses “to turn back” or “to return.”
• Associate it with the idea of retracing your steps – when you “turn back,” you go back just as the verb components imply.

Explanations:
• 되돌아가다 means “to turn back” or “to go back.” It is used when someone or something returns to a previous point or state.
• It conveys not just movement but a deliberate act of returning or reversing direction.

Other words with a similar meaning:
• 돌아가다 (dola-gada) – also means “to return” or “to go back.”
• 되돌아오다 (doe-dora-oda) – means “to come back,” emphasizing the arrival back to the original place.

Conjugations (using informal polite and plain styles):
• Basic/Dictionary Form (infinitive): 되돌아가다 (doedola-gada)
• Present Tense:
 – Plain form: 되돌아간다 (doedola-gan-da)
 – Polite form: 되돌아갑니다 (doedola-gamnida) or casual polite: 되돌아가요 (doedola-gayo)
• Past Tense:
 – Plain form: 되돌아갔다 (doedola-gat-da)
 – Polite form: 되돌아갔습니다 (doedola-gatseumnida) or casual polite: 되돌아갔어요 (doedola-gatseoyo)
• Future Tense:
 – Plain form: 되돌아갈 것이다 (doedola-gal geosida)
 – Polite form: 되돌아갈 것입니다 (doedola-gal geosimnida) or casual polite: 되돌아갈 거예요 (doedola-gal geoyeyo)

Example sentences:
1. Korean: 만약 길을 잃었다면, 되돌아가야 해요.
 Romanized: Manyak gireul ilheotdamyeon, doedola-gaya haeyo.
 English: If you lose your way, you must turn back.
2. Korean: 그는 실수한 후에 바로 되돌아갔다.
 Romanized: Geuneun silsuhan hue baro doedola-gatda.
 English: He turned back immediately after making a mistake.
3. Korean: 버스가 잘못된 방향으로 가자, 우리는 되돌아갈 거예요.
 Romanized: Beoseuga jalmotdoen banghyang-euro gaja, urineun doedola-gal geoyeyo.
 English: If the bus goes in the wrong direction, we will turn back.

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