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TOPIK 3verb

돌아가시다

doragasida [도라가시다]

돌아가세요 · 돌아가셨어요 · 돌아가실 거예요 · 돌아가신 (+noun)

to pass away, to die (honorific)

Example

우리 할아버지께서는 작년 겨울에 돌아가셨어요.

My grandfather passed away last winter.

Word parts

Honorific form of 돌아가다 'to go back', as if returning to where one came from.

Good to know

Use it instead of 죽다 for elders and other people's family; 돌아가세요 can also just mean 'please go back'.