“That’s so funny” in Korean: 너무 웃겨 (neomu utgyeo)

너무 웃겨

neomu utgyeo

Situation: Friends & social mediaLevel: Starter (just learning Hangul)

Meaning

That’s so funny.

[Casual speech among friends] 웃기다 means “to make one laugh,” so “funny.” The polite form is 너무 웃겨요, a common chat reaction.

Romanization follows the Revised Romanization system and is a guide to pronunciation.

Syllables: 4 · Words: 2

Said aloud, it sounds like [너무 욷껴].

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
너무
너	ㄴ+ㅓ	neo
무	ㅁ+ㅜ	mu
웃겨
웃	ㅇ+ㅜ+ㅅ	[욷] ut
겨	ㄱ+ㅕ	[껴] gyeo

A ㅇ at the start of a syllable is silent; at the end of a syllable it sounds like “ng”.

Tensing: after a final ㄱ, ㄷ or ㅂ sound, ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅅ and ㅈ become tense (ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ). 웃겨 → [욷껴]

Style: Set expressionSentence type: Statement or set phrase

There is no verb ending, so the phrase has no politeness level of its own: it is a short fixed expression or a noun phrase.

These words from the TOPIK vocabulary lists appear in the phrase (shown in dictionary form).

Korean	Part of speech	Meaning	Level
너무	adverb	too, so	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “너무 웃겨” mean?

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Answer: That’s so funny

Question 2 How do you say “That’s so funny” in Korean?

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Answer: 너무 웃겨 neomu utgyeo

Question 3 How is “너무 웃겨” pronounced?

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Answer: [너무 욷껴]

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