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It sounds delicious. Does this sound natural?
It sounds delicious. Does this sound natural?
Can I say that after someone describes some delicous food to me? If not, what's the appropriate one?
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Natural
It's natural but I wouldn't use delicious all of the time.
Mostly though, I think native speakers use good more frequently as in:
(that) sounds good
Or something similar.
- English (US)
Natural
People do say this! Usually there are many different ways to say things.
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Natural
mimi You are correct. People do use this, but Japanese only has おいしい so it's important they don't equate it's meaning to a single word. Hence my clarification.
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