How to say "I'm cold"
de guyjohnston, 12 d’abril de 2008
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Llengua: English
guyjohnston (Mostra el perfil) 12 d’abril de 2008 22.49.11
RiotNrrd (Mostra el perfil) 12 d’abril de 2008 23.00.30
Removed by the author for being incorrect.
Pentamontaro (Mostra el perfil) 13 d’abril de 2008 0.24.21
erinja (Mostra el perfil) 13 d’abril de 2008 2.42.12
I would say "Mi sentas min malvarma"
That construction is common. For example, there's a shirt (and poster) that say "Kia vi sentas vin hodiaŭ?" with faces showing feelings, with Esperanto labels.
I would definitely hesitate to say "Mi estas malvarma" unless my skin actually feels cold. When you say "I'm cold" in English, it doesn't mean that your body is actually cold; it means that you *feel* cold. In my opinion, the Esperanto translation of the phrase should reflect that.
In contrast, if you are hungry or tired, you *are* actually hungry or tired, objectively. Therefore you would say "Mi estas malsata" or "Mi estas laca"; you wouldn't be saying "mi sentas min malsata".
Taciturn_ (Mostra el perfil) 13 d’abril de 2008 5.56.06
Terurĉjo:I'm cold = Al mi estas malvarme.Since Esperanto is quite french n russian in many ways , so this Terurcjo`s suggestion seemes very reseanable to me.I would never say "me estas malvarma",as it would mean that my body is cold , not that i feel cold.
It's cold = Estas malvarme = Malvarmas.
So:
Mi estas malvarma - my body`s cold.
Al mi estas malvarme,al mi malvarmas - i feel cold
OR just:
mi sentas malvarmon.
RiotNrrd (Mostra el perfil) 13 d’abril de 2008 6.36.51
I remembered incorrectly.
sergejm (Mostra el perfil) 13 d’abril de 2008 8.51.41
Kat (Mostra el perfil) 1 de maig de 2008 9.40.53
I think that Esperanto is similar. "Mi estas varma" would probably mean something...well, it wouldn't mean that you find it hot. ; ) "Al mi estas varme" sounds right, in that vein (and also "al mi estas malvarme").
ora knabo (Mostra el perfil) 1 de maig de 2008 13.17.53
- Sed nun mi elpensis ion alian. Ĉu estus bone diri: "Mi fartas malvarme."?
erinja (Mostra el perfil) 1 de maig de 2008 15.05.08
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