맛있다
masitda
to be delicious
Part of speech · descriptive verb (adjective)
Pattern visualization
Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
맛
ㅁminitial+ㅏamedial+ㅅsfinal
있
ㅇ—initial+ㅣimedial+ㅆtfinal
다
ㄷdinitial+ㅏamedial
Examples
- 이 음식이 정말 맛있어요.This food is really delicious.
- 맛있는 커피를 마셨어요.I drank delicious coffee.
Collocations
맛있는 음식정말 맛있다맛있게 먹다
Mnemonic
masitda "to be delicious" is transparently mat (taste) + itda (to exist) — literally "to have taste". Its opposite, "to taste bad", is mat-eopda (taste + not exist). The attributive is masinneun.
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