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Learn Japanese: oishii - delicious

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/The discourse particles ね and よ
/oishii

oishii

Word

おいしいoishii

Meaning

delicious

Part of speech

i-adjective

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

The discourse particles ね and よ

Usages of oishii

この　肉にく　は　おいしい　です！kono niku wa oishii desu!

This meat is delicious!

貝かい　は　おいしかった　です　けれど　食たべません　でした。kai wa oishikatta desu keredo tabemasen deshita.

I didn't eat the shellfish, though it was delicious.

高たかかった　です　けど　おいしかった　です。takakatta desu kedo oishikatta desu.

It was delicious though it was expensive.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

りんご　は　きれい　でした　けれど、　おいしく　なかった　です。ringo wa kirei deshita keredo, oishiku nakatta desu.

The apple was pretty, but it was not delicious.

この　レストラン　の　カレー　は　ラーメン　より　おいしい　です　よ。kono resutoran no karee wa raamen yori oishii desu yo.

This restaurant's curry is tastier than its ramen, (I'm telling you).

この　食たべ物もの　は　おいしい　です　から、　食たべたい　です。kono tabemono wa oishii desu kara, tabetai desu.

I want to eat this food, because it's delicious.

Using です before から is very formal. We'll learn in a later lesson how to make less formal sentences with から.

この　りんご　は　きれい　です。　でも、　おいしく　ない　です。kono ringo wa kirei desu. demo, oishiku nai desu.

This apple is pretty, but it's not delicious.

おいしかった　です。oishikatta desu.

It was delicious.

昨き日のう　食たべたの　は　おいしかった。kinou tabetano wa oishikatta.

What I ate yesterday was delicious.

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