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맛있습니다/멋습니다. Korean is dangerous, one letter away and you're calling someone delicious instead of cool.
I'm getting these confused too. The best thing that I've come up with to remember is ㅓsounds a little like ("aww" yeah, that's cool!), and ㅏ is like I'm at the doctor's saying "aaaah" to open my mouth wide like I'm eating.
사과 also translates as apology. So this is a good example of context is key.
Ive heard the apple emoji is used as a non-serious way to apologize over text lmao
Korean has a lot of words that mean the different things depending on the context.
배 is both stomach and boat.
I think I got cool and delicious mixed up? Or are they the same word?
맛있다 is the adjective "(to be) delicious"
멋있다 is the adjective "(to be) wonderful, nice, cool"
They are different. You would see 맛있습니다 for delicious vs 멋있습니다 for cool. The difference is between the ㅓ and ㅏ.
Wait, if 들 indicates plurality and the subject 사과는 is just like that, isn't it just singular? Or I am missing something here?
Korean, like many languages, doesn't require nouns to be marked for number. This article http://nojeokhill.koreanconsulting.com/2013/01/korean-translation-tip-korea-has-a-plural-form-it-just-doesnt-get-used-much.html suggests that you only need 들 if you want to emphasize that there are more than one of something. Personally, I think that makes more sense.
Why did I get this error message: ‘You need the article "An" here. -An- apple is delicious.’ I realise that ‘Apples are delicious’ would be better English, so why wasn’t that suggested instead?
For 사과는 맛있습니다. English speaker here:
Correct translations are "An apple is delicious"; "The apple is delicious"; or "Apples are delicious."
For absolute plural when you are talking about specific apples, not like that generalized sentence, use 사과들 with the appropriate particle for the words function as subject, topic, or object within the sentence.
When I type "A Bread" in other sentence with same structure, duolingo acuses error bcs a put the "a". I didn't write in this sentence: "사과는 맛있습니다. " But duolingo alert me that I forgot "a".
I did't understand.
Why "사과는 맛있습니다" is translated with "a" and "빵은 맛있습니다" isn't?
bread is an uncountable noun, you cannot use "a" or a number with it, and it doesn't usually have a plural form. you would instead say a slice of bread or a loaf of bread. and if you do say "breads", you would mean types of bread (plain white, whole grain, sesame-seed, etc.)
apple, on the other hand, is countable. you need an article (an, the, this, my, your, etc.) to be grammatically correct, unless it is in its plural form. you then might need or not an article depending on how specific you want to express.
Okay..... I don't understand. I put the " The apples are good" where is the word tastes. You even have "the apples are delicious" no taste. Please explain this to me. Gomawo
i think "the apples taste good" shows a similar meaning to "the apples are delicious" as they both show how tasteful the apples are, but not "the apples are good" as it is more generalised and could be meant otherwise
I'm also bad at that, but I read that 는/은 is used to speak to the total. So it makes sense in this case, because all apples are delicious, not just a specific one. In other cases I go by luck cause i don't get the difference as well
Mashi? But the ending consonant is supposed to sound like a "T". I'm confused
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Im confused on how to make a word plural. Like do you add 는 or 은? And how do you say "the", is it 이 or 가?
sometimes nasal sounds at the beginnings of words can sound like plosives
Why do I put " The apple is delicious" is correct also? Please help to explain. Thanks
ok... let me get this right, if you use "멋" it's "cool" but if you use "맛" it's "delicious"??
Yup! That's exactly right.
맛 있다 means "to be tasty" and 멋 있다 means "to be cool".
Be careful.
In the bread one (Bread tastes bad), it was bad. The same adjective was there and now the same adjective is sounding "delicious"? Duolingo, are you sure you are teaching right?
