Lesson 12 it's delicious/thank you for the food

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맛 [mat]: taste/ 있어요 [i-sseo-yo]: have

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맛 [mat] means "taste" in Korean. Now, do you remember how to say "there is" or "I have"? 있어요 [i-sseo-yo] is the expression. So by putting 맛 and 있어요 together, you get the expression 맛있어요 [ma-si-sseo-yo], which means "It is delicious."

Examples with 맛있어요

이거 맛있어요. [i-geo ma-si-sseo-yo.] = This is delicious.
저 케이크 맛있어요. [jeo ke-i-keu ma-si-sseo-yo.] = That cake is delicious.
삼겹살 맛있어요. [sam-gyeop-ssal ma-si-sseo-yo.] = Samgyupsal is delicious. *삼겹살 = pork belly
치킨 맛있어요. [chi-kin ma-si-sseo-yo.] = Chicken is delicious.
뭐가 맛있어요? [mwo-ga ma-si-sseo-yo?] = What is delicious?

맛없어요 = It is not tasty. / It is not delicious. / It tastes awful.

by putting 맛 and 없어요 together, you get the expression 맛없어요 [ma-deop-sseo-yo], which means "It does not taste good."

Examples with 맛없어요:

이거 맛없어요? [i-geo ma-deop-sseo-yo?] = Does this taste awful?
이 차 맛없어요. [i cha ma-deop-sseo-yo] = This tea tastes awful.
굴 맛없어요. [gul ma-deop-sseo-yo] = Oysters taste awful.

잘 먹겠습니다 [jal meok-kket-sseum-ni-da]

잘 먹겠습니다 [jal meok-kket-sseum-ni-da] literally means "I am going to eat well" or "I will eat well."