돌아가다

Korean

Etymology

돌 (dol-, “to turn”)+ 아 (-a, infinitive suffix) + 가다 (gada, “to go”).

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 도라가다 (Yale: twola-kata).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [to̞ɾa̠ɡa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [도라가다]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?doragada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dol'agada
McCune–Reischauer?toragada
Yale Romanization?tol.akata

Verb

돌아가다 • (doragada) (infinitive 돌아가, sequential 돌아가니)

  1. (intransitive) to return, to go back
    Antonym: 돌아오다 (doraoda, “to come back”)
    저는 9월 1일에 캐나다로 돌아갈 거예요.
    Jeo-neun gu-wol ir-ir-e Kaenada-ro doragal geo-yeyo.
    I will go back to Canada on September 1st.
  2. (intransitive, honorific) to pass away (to do)
    노환으로 돌아가시다 ― nohwan-euro doragasida ― to die of old age

Conjugation

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