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KOREAN VERB

웃다

to laugh, to smile

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI laugh
NegativeI don’t laugh

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI laughed
NegativeI didn’t laugh

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will laugh
NegativeI won’t laugh

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI laugh (respectfully)
PastI laughed (respectfully)
FutureI will laugh (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) laughing, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) laughing, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I laugh
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I laugh
  5. But (-지만) I laugh, but…

Requests and commands

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please laugh
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please laugh (formal)
  3. Plain command laugh! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t laugh

How to use 웃다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    수아는 아주 작은 일에도 잘 웃어요.

    Su-a laughs easily, even at tiny things.

  2. Past

    일라이 씨 농담에 다들 크게 웃었어요.

    Everyone laughed loudly at Eli's joke.

  3. Future

    이 영상을 보면 지영 씨도 웃을 거예요.

    If you watch this video, you'll laugh too, Ji-yeong.

  4. Honorific

    할머니께서 사진을 보고 환하게 웃으셨어요.

    Grandma looked at the photo and smiled brightly.

  5. Connectives

    영화를 보고 민준이는 웃고 수아는 울었어요.

    Watching the film, Min-jun laughed and Su-a cried.

  6. Requests and commands

    사진 찍을게요. 자, 다 같이 웃으세요!

    I'll take the photo. Now, everyone smile!

Good to know

  • 웃다 is both laughing and smiling; its opposite, 울다, is to cry.

Where you hear 웃다

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

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 학생들이 많이 웃어요. The students laugh a lot.
  • 어제 교감 선생님도 웃었어요. Yesterday the vice-principal laughed too.
  • 내일 사진에서 웃을 거예요. Tomorrow I'll smile in the photo.

Korean · Intermediate Level 1

  • 학생들이 많이 웃어요. The students laugh a lot.
  • 어제 교감 선생님도 웃었어요. Yesterday the vice-principal laughed too.
  • 내일 사진에서 웃을 거예요. Tomorrow I'll smile in the photo.
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The festival

Beginner Level 2 · 그래도 다 웃었어요!

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The old-houses quarter

Beginner Level 2 · 못 웃어. 너무 추워!

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The beach at Hamdeok

Intermediate Level 1 · 처음에도 웃었어요. 영어로요.

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The class

Intermediate Level 2 · 조용히 웃으세요.

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If you give me the chance

Intermediate Level 2 · 그렇게 웃으면 합격할 거야.

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The photograph

Intermediate Level 2 · 비자 사진이요? 웃지 마세요.

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The gift sets

Intermediate Level 3 · 스팸? 아빠가 웃을 거야.

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Dad jokes

Fluency Level 1 · 난 웃었어, 솔직히. 조금.

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Eli's first joke

Fluency Level 1 · 먼저 안 웃었고, 타이밍도 좋았어.

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Take one

Fluency Level 1 · 한 번 더, 클로즈업. 자연스럽게 웃어.

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The quarrel through the wall

Fluency Level 2 · 누가 웃어야 싸움이 끝난다.

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