avoir bon goût
The phrase 'taste good' in French is avoir bon goût.
avoir bon goût is used to describe having a pleasant flavor when something is eaten or drunk. In everyday spoken French, however, people more commonly say c'est bon to mean 'it tastes good'.
Which one should you use?
While avoir bon goût refers to the flavor of food, do not confuse it with avoir du goût, which means to have good aesthetic taste or style.
How does it change in a sentence?
When referring to a specific quality of a single item, you can use the indefinite article to say avoir un bon goût.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Be careful not to use avoir du goût when you mean that food has a pleasant flavor. That phrase is used for describing someone's sense of style or aesthetic taste.
Did you know?
- The French verb avoir in this phrase belongs to a massive family of European verbs, sharing a common ancestor with the English word 'aver', which means to state something as a fact.
- The word goût in avoir bon goût comes from the Latin gustus, which is the direct ancestor of the English word 'gusto', used to describe enjoying something with great zest.
- In French culture, saying c'est bon is so common that using the full phrase avoir bon goût while eating can sometimes sound overly formal or like a food critic's review.
Examples in context
- Ce gâteau est trop bon, je pourrais en manger tous les jours !This cake is so good, I could eat it every day!
- Ce chocolat semble avoir bon goût.This chocolate seems to taste good.
- Cette soupe doit avoir bon goût.This soup must taste good.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries avoir, bon, goût, CC BY-SA 4.0.
