गोड लागते / छान लागतो
Taste and How Something Feels
Add मला before the taste when you give your own opinion: ही भाजी मला छान लागते.
How It Works
लागणे means "to taste" here. The taste word comes right before it: गोड (sweet), कडू (bitter), तिखट (spicy), खारट (salty), आंबट (sour), छान (good).
| Food | Gender | Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| चहा | masculine | हा चहा गोड लागतो. |
| कॉफी | feminine | ही कॉफी कडू लागते. |
| दूध | neuter | हे दूध गोड लागते. |
| पोहे | plural | हे पोहे तिखट लागतात. |
Taste words such as गोड and तिखट never change their ending. Only the verb changes.
To say who thinks so, add the person in the -ला form: मला हा चहा छान लागतो. (I like the taste of this tea.) The verb still follows the tea.
Add खूप for a stronger taste: हा चहा खूप गोड लागतो. (This tea tastes very sweet.) For a little, put थोडा, थोडी or थोडे before the taste word, matching the food: ही कॉफी थोडी कडू लागते. (This coffee tastes a little bitter.)
The same verb works for how something feels to the touch: हे पाणी गार लागते. (This water feels cold.)
Examples (5)
- हा चहा गोड लागतो.
This tea tastes sweet.
लागतो agrees with masculine चहा.
- ही कॉफी कडू लागते.
This coffee tastes bitter.
लागते agrees with feminine कॉफी.
- हे दूध गोड लागते.
This milk tastes sweet.
दूध is neuter, so the verb is लागते.
- ही भाजी मला छान लागते.
I like the taste of this vegetable dish.
मला adds who is judging the taste.
- हे पोहे तिखट लागतात.
These poha taste spicy.
पोहे is plural, so the verb is लागतात.
Common Mistakes
Making the verb agree with the wrong gender.
ही कॉफी कडू लागतो.ही कॉफी कडू लागते.कॉफी is feminine, so the verb is लागते.
Using मी for the person who tastes.
मी हा चहा गोड लागतो.मला हा चहा गोड लागतो.The person who tastes takes -ला. The verb follows the tea.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Taste is said with लागणे.
Related Patterns
- मला आवडते / आवडतो / आवडतातSaying What You Like
This pattern tells what you like; लागतो tells the taste.
Level 1 - छान / सुंदरAdjectives That Stay the Same
These describing words never change their ending.
Level 1 - खूप / थोडाA Lot and a Little
Add खूप before a taste word to make it stronger.
Level 1 - हवा / हवी / हवेWanting Something with हवा
This pattern tells what you want.
Level 1 - मला भूक लागली आहेHunger, Thirst and Other Feelings
This pattern uses लागणे for hunger.
Level 2
Words in This Pattern
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