I'm thirsty

I'm thirsty

English

English phrasebook

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Alternative forms

• I am thirsty

Phrase

I'm thirsty

1. (usually) I need something to drink (e.g., water).
2. (more generally) I need something, or want something a lot.
3. (euphemistic) I want an alcoholic beverage.

Usage notes

• Although this normally implies that you would like something to drink, it can be used in a more general sense to imply that you need or really want anything very important, as in "I am thirsty for money". Using "I am thirsty for a drink" is redundant (tautological) unless "drink" is being used to mean "alcoholic drink".

Translations

I need a drink

Abkhaz: аӡба́ сакуе́ит (adzbá sakʼwéitʼ) Arabic: أَنَا عَطْشَان‎ m (ʾanā ʿaṭšān), أَنَا عَطْشَانَة‎ f (ʾanā ʿaṭšāna) Armenian: ես ծարավ եմ (es carav em) Belarusian: я хачу́ піць (ja xačú picʹ), мне хо́чацца піць (mnje xóčacca picʹ) Bulgarian: и́скам да пи́я (ískam da píja), жа́ден съм m (žáden sǎm), жа́дна съм f (žádna sǎm) Burmese: ရေငတ်တယ် (re-ngattai) Catalan: tinc set Cebuano: giuhaw ko Chamorro: må'o yo' Chinese: Cantonese: 我好口渴 (ngo5 hou2 hau2 hot3), 我好頸渴, 我好颈渴 (ngo5 hou2 geng2 hot3) Mandarin: 我渴了 (wǒ kě le), 我很渴 (wǒ hěn kě) Czech: mám žízeň Danish: jeg er tørstig Dutch: ik heb dorst Esperanto: mi soifas Faroese: eg eri tystur (male), eg eri tyst (female) Finnish: minulla on jano (fi) French: j'ai soif Galician: teño sede Georgian: მწყურია (mc̣q̇uria) German: ich habe Durst Greek: διψώ (el) (dipsó), είμαι διψασμένος (eímai dipsasménos) Hawaiian: makewai au Hebrew: אני צמא‎ (ani tsame) Hindi: मुझे प्यास लगी है (mujhe pyās lagī hai) Hungarian: szomjas vagyok Icelandic: (male) ég er þyrstur, (female) ég er þyrst, mig þyrstir Ido: me durstas Italian: ho sete Japanese: 喉が渇いています (nodo ga kawaite imasu) Korean: 목마릅니다 (ko) (mongmareumnida), 목말라요 (ko) (mongmallayo) Lakota: ímapuze Lithuanian: aš esu alkanas m, aš esu alkana f, aš noriu gerti Low German: German Low German: ik heff Dorst Macedonian: жеден сум m (žeden sum), жедна сум f (žedna sum) Malay: saya haus, saya dahaga Maltese: għandi l-għatx Mongolian: минийн ам цангаж байна (miniin am cangaž bajna) Navajo: dibááʼ nisin Nootka: naqmiiḥas Norwegian: jeg er tørst Ojibwe: ningiishkaabaagwe, ninoodeyaabaagwe Persian: تشنه‌ام‎ (tešne-am), تشنه هستم‎ (tešne hastam) (colloquial) Polish: (informal) pić mi się chce, jestem spragniony m, jestem spragniona f Portuguese: eu tenho sede, tenho sede Romani: si manqe truś Romanian: mi-e sete Russian: я хочу́ пить (ja xočú pitʹ), мне хо́чется пить (mne xóčetsja pitʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сам жедан m, сам жедна f Roman: sam žedan m, sam žedna f Slovak: chcem piť, mám smäd Slovene: jaz sem žejen m, jaz sem žejna f Spanish: tengo sed Swedish: jag är törstig Telugu: నాకు దాహముగా ఉన్నది (nāku dāhamugā unnadi) Thai: ผมหิวน้ำครับ (pŏm hĭw náam kráp) (male), ดิฉันหิวน้ำค่ะ (dì-chăn hĭw náam kâ) (female), ฉันหิวน้ำ (chăn hĭw náam) (generic, colloquial) (add particles: ครับ (th) (kráp) - male or ค่ะ (th) (kâ) female for politeness) Turkish: susadım Ukrainian: я хо́чу пи́ти (ja xóču pýty), мені́ хо́четься пи́ти (mení xóčetʹsja pýty) Urdu: مجھے پیاس لگی ہے‎ (mujhe pyās lagī hai) Vietnamese: tôi đang khát Yiddish: איך בין דאָרשטיק‎ (ikh bin dorshtik) Yup'ik: meqsugtua

See also

• I need a drink