Direct object pronouns and conjugation

Question

If I wanted to say...

"It tasted good."

Could I say... "Lo supo bien."

My book says "saber bien" means 'taste good', so I am trying to use it along with a direct object pronoun.

Answer 1

There is no **subject ** pronoun "it" in Spanish. We just use the verb. And to express how good something tastes, although "saber" is gramatically correct, most natives will use an expression like "Estuvo muy sabrosa or rica" (feminine ending because it agrees with the unstated noun "comida)." "Estuvo" means "it was" "Sabrosa" is "tasty." As you can see, the adjective "sabrosa" is related to "saber."

There is a direct object pronoun in Spanish, "lo, and la" But we have NO direct object here

Furthermore, "saber" in the preterite (supo) has a whole different meaning. It means " found out."