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KOREAN VERB

웃프다

to be funny and sad at once (slang)

  • Descriptive verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am funny and sad at once
NegativeI am not funny and sad at once

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was funny and sad at once
NegativeI was not funny and sad at once

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will be funny and sad at once
NegativeI won’t be funny and sad at once

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI am funny and sad at once (respectfully)
PastI was funny and sad at once (respectfully)
FutureI will be funny and sad at once (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

How to use 웃프다

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

  1. Present

    월급날 통장 보면 진짜 웃퍼요.

    Looking at my bank account on payday is funny and sad at once.

  2. Past

    어제 본 영상이 진짜 웃펐어요.

    The video I saw yesterday was funny and sad at once.

  3. Future

    십 년 뒤에 이 사진 보면 웃플 거예요.

    Looking at this photo in ten years will be funny and sad.

  4. Honorific

    할머니도 마지막 그 장면이 웃프셨대요.

    Grandma said that last scene was funny and sad for her too.

  5. Connectives

    너무 웃퍼서 웃어야 할지 울어야 할지 모르겠어요.

    It's so funny and sad I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Good to know

  • 웃기다 plus 슬프다: slang for something you laugh at and feel sad about at once, a 웃픈 현실.

Where you hear 웃프다

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Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 그 이야기는 웃퍼요. That story is funny and sad.
  • 어제 영화는 진짜 웃펐어요. Yesterday's film was really funny and sad.
  • 그 농담은 내일도 웃플 거예요. That joke will still be funny and sad tomorrow.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.