맛있다

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Korean

Etymology

Contraction of (mat, “flavor; taste”) + -이 (-i) + 있다 (itda, “to exist”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?masitda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mas'issda
McCune–Reischauer?masitta
Yale Romanization?mas.issta

Adjective

맛있다 (masitda) (infinitive 맛있어, sequential 맛있으니)

  1. to be delicious
    Antonym: 맛없다 (madeopda)
    맛있게 차려 있는 밥상 수저 올리네
    masitge charyeojeo inneun bapsang-e sujeo-reul olline
    Putting a spoon on a deliciously prepared table

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Mok-sang Yu, ()()()()()()(), 1991 :
    다만 「마싣따」의 발음은 「맛이 있다」의 ()()()()() masiidda가 ()()되어 masidda로 나타날 때 이루어지는 것으로 해석된다.