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맛있어야 돼요 and 맵어야 돼요

I am reading about "I have to" and I understand how to use it with action verbs... 가야 돼요. But it says that it can be used with adjectives too. And I am unsure of the meaning. Are these correct?

맛있어야 돼요
it has to be tasty

밥을 맛있어야 되고 먹어요.
The rice has to be tasty, then I will eat it.


The structure is: verb stem + -아/어/여 + -야 되다

So if I use it with an irregular adjective, say 맵다, I use 맵 as the verb stem, right?

맵어야 돼요
it has to be spicy

That looks wrong to me.

감사합니다!

Additional Details:

Oops! I think I used the wrong particle with 밥

밥이 맛있어야 되고 먹어요.

For learning: Korean
Base language: English
Category: Language

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    1. 맛있어야 돼요.(O)
    2. 밥을 맛있어야 되고 먹어요.
    ☞ 밥이 맛있어야 돼요. 그럼(☞ 맛있으면) 먹을게요.
    3. 맵어야 돼요 ☞ 매워야 돼요.
    "맵다" is 'ㅂ' irregular meaning the final consonant 'ㅂ' can be '오' or '우' when conjugating.

    e.g.
    맵다 ☞ 맵 + 아/어/여요 ☞ 매 + ㅂ+ 어요 ☞ 매 + 우 + 어요 ☞ 매워요 + 야 돼요 ☞ 매워야 돼요.


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