About This Lesson
Use Basic health and temperature to practice Spanish conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
Hace demasiado calor.
AH-seh deh-mah-SYAH-doh kah-LOR. It is too hot.
B
Hace demasiado frío.
AH-seh deh-mah-SYAH-doh FREE-oh. It is too cold.
A
Estoy muy cansado.
eh-STOY mwee kahn-SAH-doh. I am very tired.
B
Tengo mucha hambre.
TEN-goh MOO-chah AHM-breh. I am very hungry.
A
Tengo mucha sed.
TEN-goh MOO-chah SED. I am very thirsty.
B
Me siento mal.
meh SYEN-toh mahl. I am feeling sick.Word by Word
Hace
In “Hace demasiado calor” and “Hace demasiado frío”, “Hace” is the form used in these weather expressions to describe the weather. It appears with a weather condition in the pattern Hace + weather word. Use it when telling someone what the weather is like.
demasiado
In “Hace demasiado calor” and “Hace demasiado frío”, “demasiado” means excessively or too much, showing that the weather is beyond what feels comfortable. It comes before the condition word in these expressions. Use it when describing an uncomfortable level of heat or cold.
calor
In “Hace demasiado calor”, “calor” means heat or hot weather. Together with the rest of the expression, it describes weather that is too hot; the word itself names the heat. Use it when talking about hot weather.
frío
In “Hace demasiado frío”, “frío” means cold or cold weather. Together with the rest of the expression, it describes weather that is too cold; the word itself names the cold. Use it when talking about uncomfortable cold weather.
Estoy
In “Estoy muy cansado”, “Estoy” expresses the speaker’s current state: I am or I am feeling. It is followed here by words describing that state. Use it to tell someone how you are feeling at the moment.
muy
In “Estoy muy cansado”, “muy” means very and increases the intensity of the following description. It comes before the describing word in this expression. Use it before a description when you want to emphasize its degree.
cansado
In “Estoy muy cansado”, “cansado” means tired and describes the speaker’s current condition. It follows “Estoy muy” to form a statement about feeling tired. Use it when telling someone that you need rest or have little energy.
Tengo
In “Tengo mucha hambre” and “Tengo mucha sed”, “Tengo” means I have, but here it expresses a current bodily state or need. It comes before the quantity word and the state noun. Use it to tell someone that you are hungry or thirsty.
mucha
In “Tengo mucha hambre” and “Tengo mucha sed”, “mucha” means a lot of or much and intensifies the following state. It comes before the noun in both expressions. Use it before a noun when describing a large amount.
hambre
In “Tengo mucha hambre”, “hambre” means hunger. With “Tengo mucha”, the whole expression means that the speaker is very hungry; this word names the hunger itself. Use it when you need or want food.
sed
In “Tengo mucha sed”, “sed” means thirst. With “Tengo mucha”, the whole expression means that the speaker is very thirsty; this word names the thirst itself. Use it when you need something to drink.
Me
In “Me siento mal”, “Me” marks the speaker as the person experiencing the feeling. Together with “siento”, it forms the self-feeling expression “Me siento”. Use it before “siento” when reporting your own condition.
siento
In “Me siento mal”, “siento” means I feel. With “Me”, it reports the speaker’s own condition, and it comes before the condition word. Use the pattern Me siento + condition when telling someone how you feel.
mal
In “Me siento mal”, “mal” means unwell or badly and describes the speaker’s condition. Together with “Me siento”, the whole expression means that the speaker feels sick or unwell. Use it when you are not feeling well.
Grammar Points
hacer + noun for weather
Hace demasiado calor.
AH-seh deh-mah-SYAH-doh kah-LOR.It is too hot.
Spanish uses hacer, literally “to make,” to describe weather and temperature instead of estar.
tener + noun for physical states
Tengo mucha hambre y sed.
TEN-goh MOO-chah AHM-breh ee SED.I am very hungry and thirsty.
Spanish uses tener, literally “to have,” with nouns for hunger and thirst instead of estar.
Spanish Vocabulary
calor
noun
kah-LOR
heat; hot weather
Hace demasiado calor.
cansado
adj
kahn-SAH-doh
tired
Estoy muy cansado.
demasiado
adv
deh-mah-SYAH-doh
too; excessively
Hace demasiado calor.
estoy
verb
eh-STOY
I am
Estoy muy cansado.
frío
noun
FREE-oh
cold; cold weather
Hace demasiado frío.
hace
verb
AH-seh
makes; is (used for weather and temperature)
Hace demasiado calor.
hambre
noun
AHM-breh
hunger
Tengo mucha hambre.
me
pron
meh
myself; me
Me siento mal.
mucha
det
MOO-chah
much; a lot of
Tengo mucha hambre.
muy
adv
mwee
very
Estoy muy cansado.
sed
noun
SED
thirst
Tengo mucha sed.
tengo
verb
TEN-goh
I have
Tengo mucha hambre.
Quiz
Word Order
Arrange the words in the correct order.
It is too hot.
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Hace demasiado calor.It is too cold.
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Hace demasiado frío.I am very tired.
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Estoy muy cansado.Spelling
Tap the letters to spell the word.
I have
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tengotoo; excessively
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demasiadocold; cold weather
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fríotired