2022-02-07

Let’s learn about "다녀왔습니다”

다녀왔습니다 : I’m back


[other expressions]

- 다녀왔다. (to younger people or friends)

- 다녀왔네. (to younger people or friends)

- 다녀왔어. (to younger people or friends)

- 다녀왔소. (mainly used to one’s wife by her husband; honourific by ‘소’)

- 다녀왔어요. (honourific by ‘요’)

- 다녀왔습니다. (formal; honourific by ‘스’)


[explanations]

* 다니다 : (1) [=왕래하다] go to and from (a place); go to (a place) and back; make a trip to and from (a place); run; ply (between, from...to); walk about [around] (the street); be opened to traffic; be open for traffic

 (2) [=등교하다] attend (school); go to; [=출근하다] commute to (one's office)

(3) [=자주가다] frequent; visit frequently; resort to; hang around; hang out at

(4) go on a round of; make a round of

(5) [=잠시 들리다] stop at (a place); drop in for a short visit; call at


* 오다 : come


* 다녀오다: drop in (on a person and then come back); go round to see (a person) (and then return); get back; be back <— 다니(the stem of 다니다) + -여(a connection suffix between two verbs) + 오다(come)


* 다녀왔다 : past tense or present perfect of 다녀오다



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