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Today’s Phrase
맛있어요
mas·sis·seo·yo
massisseoyo
It’s delicious
Grammar Spotlight
맛있다 and 맛없다 are adjectives (형용사). Note: 맛있다 is pronounced 마싯다 (masitda), not 맛있다 literally. This is due to a phonological rule called 연음 (linking sound) in Korean.
Phrase Breakdown
맛
mat
taste, flavor
The base noun for taste-related words
있어요
isseoyo
has / there is
맛있다 = literally ‘has taste’; polite form
Literally ‘has flavor’ — the standard way to express that food is tasty in polite speech.
Example Phrases
이 김치찌개 정말 맛있어요!
I gimchijjigae jeongmal massisseoyo!
This kimchi stew is really delicious!
정말 intensifies the compliment.
여기 음식이 다 맛있어요.
Yeogi eumsigi da massisseoyo.
All the food here is delicious.
다 means ‘all’ or ‘everything’.
어머니가 만든 음식이 제일 맛있어요.
Eomeoni ga mandeun eumsigi jeil massisseoyo.
The food my mother makes is the most delicious.
제일 means ‘the most/best’.
Related Phrases
맛없어요
maseopseoyo
It’s not tasty
The opposite of 맛있어요.
너무 맛있어요
neomu massisseoyo
It’s so delicious
Stronger version with 너무 (so/too).
잘 먹겠습니다
jal meokgessseumnida
I will eat well
Said before a meal as a show of gratitude.
Quick Review
이것 주세요
Can you recall what this means?
igeot juseyo
Please give me this