"맛있는 소고기는 많이 비싸요."
Translation:Delicious beef is very expensive.
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I was under the impression 많이 was "many" and 너무 was "very", or are they interchangeable sometimes?
너무 is "too"
많이 can be "very" sometimes when you translate it but in Korean it's normal to use it like this, just as you could use 아주 instead.
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If you think about it, even in English something that is much expensive is also very expensive
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"Much expensive" is something that you would never say in English, though, which is probably why this is confusing.
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Other posts have explained that very is a different word and using too as very is a colloquial slang hyperbolic which children use. (I'm paraphrasing from memory, shame I cannot remember the phrase the posts referred to).
Sentence breakdown:
- 맛있는 ← 맛있다 (to be tasty) + 는 (present attributive ending)
- 소고기는 ← 소 (cow) + 고기 (meat) + 는 (topic marker)
- 많이 ← 많이 (very) ← 만ᄒᆞ다 (to be a lot) + 이 (adverbial ending)
- 비싸요 ← 비싸다 (to be expensive) + ㅏ요 (polite ending)
You should flag it. Flagging is the tool that helps the development team create alternative acceptable translations.
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맛있는 is verbal modifier (notice how it's attached to a verb not a noun). This means it describes the noun that follows, i.e. 맛있는 소고기 means "delicious beef" or "tasty beef". I suggest reviewing the tips and notes for the Modifiers 1 skill (accessible from the mobile/desktop website not the mobile app).
i wrote "the delicious beef is too expensive" and i got marked wrong :( 많이 means 'too' and 'very' right?
너무 is too. 많이 is very. Sometimes they use 너무 for very too. At least that is the impression I have after using this app so far, I'm not a native.
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About the pronunciation of 맛있는...
Sometimes the final ㅅ is pronounced as ㄷ even when it's moved to the next syllable block. When is it pronounced like ㅅ and when is it pronounced like ㄷ? Does it only stay as ㅅ when it's followed by 이?
I use 'A' instead of 'The' , and it is unacceptable. Why? Sometimes I get confused between article and topic
Because they are talking about a specific meat, so you would use the in English.
When exactly do u use 는? Here, it's use twice. I didnt think its possible.
It's making a sense for me like when we use an adjective to describe something before the noun for eg. - 'Delicious beef' we use the root word ending with ' 는 ' and when we use adjective after the for eg.- ' The beef is delicious ' we use '입니다 ' at the end. Am I right? If not then please correct my concept.
Adjectives in korean are confusing : 맛있습니다 / 맛있에요 / 맛있는 .. which form shall we use ?
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I believe you are referring to attitudes.
https://dickgrune.com/NatLang/Korean/Lee_Chul_Young,Korean_Grammar_Textbook,indexed.pdf
The above is very useful, try chapter 9. There is this too back translated from Ho-Min Sohn's Korean Verb Morphology https://dickgrune.com/NatLang/Korean/SohnHM,Verb_Morphology,A_Summary.doc
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맛있습니다 and 맛있에요 are verbs, not adjectives. You use them to say "beef is delicious." 맛있는 is an adjective, so you'd use that to say "delicious beef."
