웃다

to laugh, to smile

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
웃는
아/어Infinitive
웃어
-으니Since
웃으니
합니다Formal
웃습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 웃어요웃습니다웃어웃는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 웃었어요웃었습니다웃었어웃었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 웃겠어요웃겠습니다웃겠어웃겠다
-을 것이다Going to 웃을 거예요웃을 것입니다웃을 거야웃을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 웃어요?웃습니까?웃어?웃니?
과거Past 웃었어요?웃었습니까?웃었어?웃었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 웃으세요웃으십시오웃어웃어라
청유Let's 웃어요웃읍시다웃어웃자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 웃어요안 웃습니다안 웃어안 웃는다
-지 않다Not (long) 웃지 않아요웃지 않습니다웃지 않아웃지 않는다
못Cannot 못 웃어요못 웃습니다못 웃어못 웃는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 웃으세요웃으십니다웃으셔웃으신다
과거Past 웃으셨어요웃으셨습니다웃으셨어웃으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
웃는
과거Past
웃은
미래Future
웃을
회상Used to
웃던

Joining clauses

-고and
웃고
-게-ly / so that
웃게
-어서so / and then
웃어서
-으니까since
웃으니까
-으면if / when
웃으면
-지만but
웃지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
웃는데
-어도even if
웃어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 웃고 있어요웃고 있습니다웃고 있어웃고 있다
과거Was doing 웃고 있었어요웃고 있었습니다웃고 있었어웃고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

남자아이가 웃고 있어요.

The boy is smiling.

우리 태국은 다시 웃을 것이다^^

Thaksin was ousted by a coup in 2006.

그 사람들이 웃었어.

They smiled.

나 왜 웃고 있는거지?

Why am I laughing?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 웃다 in Korean?

웃다 (to laugh, to smile) is 웃어요 in the polite 해요체, 웃습니다 in formal 합니다체, 웃어 in casual 반말 and 웃는다 in the plain written style. The past is 웃었어요.

What is the past tense of 웃다?

웃었어요 in everyday polite speech, 웃었습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 웃어 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 웃다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 웃습니다, 웃어, 웃으니 all keep 웃 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 웃다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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