“Enjoy your meal” in Korean: 맛있게 드세요 (masitge deuseyo)

맛있게 드세요

masitge deuseyo

Situation: Dining out & orderingLevel: Beginner (TOPIK 1–2)

Meaning

Enjoy your meal.

Said when serving food or encouraging someone to eat. 드세요 is the honorific “please eat.”

Romanization follows the Revised Romanization system and is a guide to pronunciation.

Syllables: 6 · Words: 2

Said aloud, it sounds like [마싣께 드세요].

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
맛있게
맛	ㅁ+ㅏ+ㅅ	[마] ma
있	ㅇ+ㅣ+ㅆ	[싣] sit
게	ㄱ+ㅔ	[께] ge
드세요
드	ㄷ+ㅡ	deu
세	ㅅ+ㅔ	se
요	ㅇ+ㅛ	yo

A ㅇ at the start of a syllable is silent; at the end of a syllable it sounds like “ng”.

Linking: when a syllable ending in a consonant (patchim) is followed by a syllable that starts with a vowel, the consonant moves over to the next syllable. 맛있게 → [마싣께]
Tensing: after a final ㄱ, ㄷ or ㅂ sound, ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅅ and ㅈ become tense (ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ). 있게 → [읻께]

Style: Polite (해요체)Sentence type: Statement or set phrase

Ends in -요. The everyday polite style, and a safe choice with shop staff, colleagues, strangers and anyone older than you.

It contains the honorific -(으)시-, which shows respect to the person being talked about or talked to.

These words from the TOPIK vocabulary lists appear in the phrase (shown in dictionary form).

Korean	Part of speech	Meaning	Level
맛있다	adjective	delicious	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “맛있게 드세요” mean?

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Answer: Enjoy your meal

Question 2 How do you say “Enjoy your meal” in Korean?

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Answer: 맛있게 드세요 masitge deuseyo

Question 3 How is “맛있게 드세요” pronounced?

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Answer: [마싣께 드세요]

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