It’s Delicious in Korean
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How To Say It’s Delicious in Korean
맛있어요
[masi-sseoyo]
It’s good (for food / beverage)
The basic form of 맛있어요 is 맛있다. 맛 means ‘taste’ and 있다 means ‘have’ or ‘there is’ so It literally means ‘it has taste’. It has taste… lol I know it doesn’t make sense much in English but that’s how Korean sense works for this phrase.
Korean language doesn’t use ‘it’s good’ for food. Also, Korean doesn’t have any other expression for it’s delicious except some slangs.
맛있어요 is most natural when someone asks you if the food is good. It’s a little bit odd to use alone when you start a conversation.
이 과자 진짜 맛있어요
This snack is really good
맛있다 Meaning
I’m pretty sure you’ve heard 맛있다 sometimes when you watch K-drama. Native Koreans say 맛있다 as an exclamation for 맛있어요. It’s a bit informal but it’s really natural when you say it like talking to yourself.
와 이거 진짜 맛있다
Wow this is really good
Do You Like It? I Love It!
When you ask if others like the food or snack or beverage, you must ask ‘맛있어요?’ instead of ‘is it good?’ because that’s how native Koreans ask.
Natural answers are ‘맛있어요(It’s delicious)’ or ‘진짜 맛있어요(It’s really delicious). Since Korean language doesn’t have a natural expression for ‘I love it’, You can consider 진짜 맛있어요 as ‘I love it’.
A: 맛있어요?
Do you like it?
B: 진짜 맛있어요
I love it!
How To Use
A: 이거 먹어봐요
Try this
B: 오… 맛있어요!
Ohhhh It’s good
A: 와 진짜 맛있다
Wow it’s really good
B: 저도 먹어볼래요!
I want to try it too!
A: 이 쿠키 제가 직접 만든거예요
I made this cookie myself
B: 진짜 진짜 맛있어요!
I really really love it!
Do You Like It? I Love It!
When you ask if others like the food or snack or beverage, you must ask ‘맛있어요?’ instead of ‘is it good?’ because that’s how native Koreans ask.
Natural answers are ‘맛있어요(It’s delicious)’ or ‘진짜 맛있어요(It’s really delicious). Since Korean language doesn’t have a natural expression for ‘I love it’, You can consider 진짜 맛있어요 as ‘I love it’.
A: 맛있어요?
Do you like it?
B: 진짜 맛있어요
I love it!
Vocabulary Note
과자 [gwaja] : snack
이거 [igeo] : this [pronoun]
먹다 [meokdda] : to eat
-보다 [boda] : to try to –
먹어보다 [meogeo-boda] : to try some food
진짜 [jinjja] : really
-도 [do] : too / also
직접 [jikjeop] : directly / oneself
쿠키 [cuki] : cookie
만들다 [mandeulda] : to make
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