Alright, this might sound weird? keke.

But still, this would be applicable when you want to describe the taste of the food that you're eating~

For a start,

How do we say 'Delicious'?

In Mandarin,

Delicious = 好吃 [hao-chi]

-好 = good, nice

-吃 = eat

so, 'good/nice (to) eat' would be 'delicious'

What about 'Not delicious'?

If you are able to apply what I have taught in the Main Tutorial,

you would have been already familiar with the NEGATIVE PARTICLE 不 [bu].

So simply add 不 in front of 好吃,

不好吃 [bu hao-chi] = Not delicious

Now let's get to the TASTE~

Basically just 5.

酸 [suan] = Sour

甜 [tian] = Sweet

苦 [ku] = Bitter

辣 [la] = Spicy

咸 [xian] = Salty

Adding 很 [hen] which signify 'large amount' (acts as a magnifier),

很酸 [hen-suan] = very sour 

很甜 [hen-tian] = very sweet

很苦 [hen-ku] = very bitter

etc.

Adding negative particle 不,

不甜 [bu-tian] = Not sweet

不辣 [bu-la] = Not spicy

不咸 [bu-xian] = Not salty

etc.

Using counter 点

(from main tutorial lesson 30)

Term: 一点 [yi-dian] 

*Aside from being " 1' o clock" , this means "a little bit".

甜一点 [tian yi-dian] = a little sweet

酸一点 [suan yi-dian] = a little sour

咸一点 [xian yi-dian] = a little salty

etc.

Alright~~

So now you can tell lao-shi,

How is the taste of the food you've last eaten (delicious/not delicious), and also, what does it taste like? (:

Do comment!

Published: 16.02.2013, 7:05pm