웃다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 웃다 (Yale: wusta).

Also attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 우ᇫ다 (Yale: wuzta).

Pronunciation

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• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈu(ː)t̚t͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [욷(ː)따]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	utda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	usda
McCune–Reischauer?	utta
Yale Romanization?	wūsta

Verb

웃다 • (utda) (infinitive 웃어, sequential 웃으니)

1. to grin or laugh
2. to laugh off, deride, dismiss (often in form "...로 웃어버리다")

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the verb 웃다 (utda): consonant-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	웃는다 unneunda	웃어 useo	웃어요 useoyo	웃습니다 utseumnida
	Past	웃었다 useotda	웃었어 useosseo	웃었어요 useosseoyo	웃었습니다 useotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	웃느냐 unneunya	웃어 useo	웃어요 useoyo	웃습니까 utseumnikka
	Past	웃었느냐 useonneunya	웃었어 useosseo	웃었어요 useosseoyo	웃었습니까 useotseumnikka
Hortative		웃자 utja	웃어 useo	웃어요 useoyo	웃으십시다 useusipsida
Imperative		웃어라 useora	웃어 useo	웃어요 useoyo	웃읍시오 useupsio
Assertive		웃겠다 utgetda	웃겠어 utgesseo	웃겠어요 utgesseoyo	웃겠습니다 utgetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		웃어 useo	웃어서 useoseo	웃으니 useuni	웃으니까 useunikka
Contrast		웃지만 utjiman	웃는데 unneunde	웃더니 utdeoni
Conjunction		웃고 utgo
Condition		웃으면 useumyeon	웃어야 useoya
Motive		웃으려고 useuryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		웃음 useum	웃기 utgi
Past-tense verbal nouns		웃었음 useosseum	웃었기 useotgi
Determiners	Past	웃은 useun
	Present	웃는 unneun
	Future	웃을 useul

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	웃으신다 useusinda	웃으셔 useusyeo	웃으세요, 웃으셔요 useuseyo, useusyeoyo	웃으십니다 useusimnida
	Past	웃으셨다 useusyeotda	웃으셨어 useusyeosseo	웃으셨어요 useusyeosseoyo	웃으셨습니다 useusyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	웃으시느냐 useusineunya	웃으셔 useusyeo	웃으세요, 웃으셔요 useuseyo, useusyeoyo	웃으십니까 useusimnikka
	Past	웃으셨느냐 useusyeonneunya	웃으셨어 useusyeosseo	웃으셨어요 useusyeosseoyo	웃으셨습니까 useusyeotseumnikka
Imperative		웃으시라 useusira	웃으셔 useusyeo	웃으세요 useuseyo	웃으십시오 useusipsio
Assertive		웃으시겠다 useusigetda	웃으시겠어 useusigesseo	웃으시겠어요 useusigesseoyo	웃으시겠습니다 useusigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		웃으셔 useusyeo	웃으셔서 useusyeoseo	웃으시니 useusini	웃으시니까 useusinikka
Contrast		웃으시지만 useusijiman	웃으시는데 useusineunde	웃으시더니 useusideoni
Conjunction		웃으시고 useusigo
Condition		웃으시면 useusimyeon	웃으셔야 useusyeoya
Motive		웃으시려고 useusiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		웃으심 useusim	웃으시기 useusigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		웃으셨음 useusyeosseum	웃으셨기 useusyeotgi
Determiners	Past	웃으신 useusin
	Present	웃으시는 useusineun
	Future	웃으실 useusil

Derived terms

• (causative) 웃기다 (utgida, “to make someone laugh”)
• (adjective) 우습다 (useupda, “to be funny”)
• (noun) 웃음 (useum, “laugh, smile”)
• 우스개 (useugae, “jocularity, joke”)
• 비웃다 (biutda, “to sneer at”)
• 웃는 낯에 침 뱉으랴 (unneun nache chim baeteurya, “a soft answer turneth away wrath”)