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맛있다 (delicious, tasty)

A woman takes a bite of bread with her eyes closed, looking very happy; a mug and a plate of bread on the table.
맛있다[마싣따] ma-sit-ttadelicious, tasty

Sound tip — written 맛있다, sounds like [마싣따]. ㅅ moves to the next syllable; the batchim (bottom consonant) ㅆ sounds like ㄷ, and the ㄷ after it becomes a tense ㄸ.

Build it up — listen and repeat

  1. 맛있다delicious, tasty
    ma-sit-tta
  2. 맛있어요is delicious (polite, everyday)
    ma-si-sseo-yo
  3. 아주 맛있어요is very tasty
    a-ju ma-si-sseo-yo
  4. 이 빵 아주 맛있어요.This bread is very tasty.
    i ppang a-ju ma-si-sseo-yo.

Your turn

How do you say “It's very tasty” in Korean?

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아주 맛있어요. a-ju ma-si-sseo-yo.

Situation talk

A떡볶이 맛있어요?tteok-ppo-kki ma-si-sseo-yo?Is the tteokbokki good?

B네, 정말 맛있어요!ne, jeong-mal ma-si-sseo-yo!Yes, it's really good!

Rising tone makes 맛있어요? a question. Opposite: 맛없다 [마덥따], not tasty.

Word list: National Institute of Korean Language, “Korean Learning Vocabulary List” (2003, KOGL Type 1). Examples and explanations by WordBob. · More words

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