"빵이 맛있어서 남자는 행복해요."

Translation: The man is happy because the bread is delicious.

[BobPancakes]

Would a more literal translation be: "The bread is tasty, and so the man is happy."?

[Alicia922233]

Why does the bread being delicious come first

[Murakel]

Because the main verb is "to be happy", and due to Korean sentence structure the main verb always has to be at the end.

[DeepKiran11]

In korean they write the reason first.

[HarnoorC]

Which part denotes "because" here? The 서 ending?

[mivimis]

Yes

[lmrolim]

[어/아]서 is the particle for "Because". Indiana University source: www indiana edu/~korean/K102/L12C1G12_1.html

[RolandoGue458740]

어 서 careful though. 니까 Can be used as well to change what the meaning a bit.

[Moonseo]

이렇게 돼서, 저렇게 돼써

[ZieshanMal]

the bread was delicious so the man was happy

[dpatkat]

Meant to start by saying your idea is correct and I'll be glad when we learn past tense.

[dpatkat]

If, we were learning past tense. So "is" correct, not "was"

[SvedishPlumber]

I like the consonance in 맛있어서. 소 믾이 스 스 스.

[HP1895]

ㅋㅋㅋ

[GUSTAVOKNIEST]

because the bread is delicious the man is happy

[DannyOng3]

Would the translation "the bread is delicious so the man is happy" be more correct?

[deactivated user]

since the bread is delicious the man is happy

[LinguistSherry]

Agreed; I submitted this answer on 10/15/18.

[anfalhamdo]

it's the second time when i write ( the bread is dilicious because the man is happy)

[RWang2017]

Does 어서 mean "because"?

[tontonzark]

왜냐하면 ...이므로

because

왜냐하면 ...이나까

because

...라고 해서 ...인 것은 아니다

because

[johnpopper]

"the man is happy because of the delicious bread" was wrong :(

[MandiePitre]

When your mind randomly translate it to "The bread is happy drinking a man"

[HelloMichaelh]

The answer was autofilled.

[dpatkat]

Happens to me when I'm using website. I have to turn off browser's autofill option.

[LiKenun]

Seems to be fine for me. (2017-09-15)

[imzo]

Yeah, was for me too... Weird.

[pattmahiney]

"The bread is good so the man is happy." Something wrong with that?

[dpatkat]

delicious is the meaning in Korean. Very specific. I can understand why you say "good" In English we often use either one.

[GiraumF]

Whats the grammatical order here? I dont seem to understand it

[BobPancakes]

맛있어서 is a contraction of 맛있어요 + 그래서.

그래서 = so, therefore, because

Without the contraction:
빵이 맛있어요 그래서 남자는 행복해요

With the contraction:
빵이 맛있어서 남자는 행복해요

[Gatete9]

Why is not "the bread is delicious because the man is happy "? I know that it haven't any sense...

[LinguistSherry]

That would be 남자는 행복해서 빵이 맛있어요. The subordinate (because) clause is first and has ~ㅏ서/ㅓ서/ㅕ서 attached to it.

[dpatkat]

The delicious bread causes the man to be happy.

= The man ( gets or feels ) happy ( BECAUSE ) of the ( delicious tasting ) bread.

[zen_k]

"Because the bread tastes good, the man is happy."
Can it also be this. Mine was marked wrong.

[yoongiibae]

Female version of the man : Park Chaeyoung

[deetamelia]

why does they put "남자는" in the middle of sentence?

[BobPancakes]

With Korean, the magic of particles means you can pretty much put the words in any order and it will still make sense.

[SophieW124616]

I dont have the word 'so' to add in my sentence so my answer can never be correct and i cannot move on

[emmie_00_16]

Does -으서 or -서 mean "because" and "and"?

[YairLwin]

The man is happy because the bread is delicious

[DiyaJaiswa1]

Couldn't it be 맛있는서?

[pipper724298]

I am not sure why this in incorrect: "the man is happy when the bread is delicious"