I'm thirsty

English

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Alternative forms

I am thirsty

Phrase

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 (āʒbā́ sāḳ°éiṭ)
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)
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 (minijn am tsangaž 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

I'm thirsty

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