I'm thirsty

English

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Alternative forms

• I am thirsty

Phrase

(deprecated template usage) I'm thirsty

1. (usually) I need some water, or want something to drink.
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 water" would be wrong (tautological), as "I am thirsty" means that already; "I am thirsty for a drink" only makes sense if "drink" is being used to mean "alcoholic drink", otherwise that phrase would also be tautological.

Translations

I need a drink

• Abkhaz: аӡба́ сакуе́ит (adzbá sakʼwéitʼ)
• Arabic: أَنَا عَطْشَان m (ʔanā ʕaṭšān), أَنَا عَطْشَانَة f (ʔanā ʕaṭšāna)
• 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)
• 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, 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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
• Portuguese: eu tenho sede, tenho sede
• 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