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Learn Japanese: oisii - delicious

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/The discourse particles ね and よ
/oisii

oisii

Word

おいしいoisii

Meaning

delicious

Part of speech

i-adjective

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

The discourse particles ね and よ

Usages of oisii

この　肉にく　は　おいしい　です！kono niku ha oisii 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 ha oisikatta desu keredo tabemasen desita.

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 oisikatta 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 ha kirei desita keredo, oisiku 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 ha raamen yori oisii 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 ha oisii 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 ha kirei desu. demo, oisiku nai desu.

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

おいしかった　です。oisikatta desu.

It was delicious.

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

What I ate yesterday was delicious.

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