English
Phrase
(deprecated template usage ) I'm thirsty
( usually ) I need some water , or want something to drink .
( more generally ) I need something, or want something a lot.
( 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
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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