Basic Health and Temperature | Learn Japanese in English

Japanese lesson set in a contemporary Tokyo everyday setting: A beginner practices six useful English phrases about basic health and temperature..

EN → JA / Level: A1

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Use Basic Health and Temperature to practice Japanese conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

A

暑すぎます。

ah-tsoo soo-GHEE-mahss It is too hot.
B

寒すぎます。

sah-moo soo-GHEE-mahss It is too cold.
A

私はとても疲れています。

wah-TAH-shee wah toh-TEH-moh tsoo-kah-REH-teh ee-MAHSS I am very tired.
B

私はとてもお腹がすいています。

wah-TAH-shee wah toh-TEH-moh oh-NAH-kah gah soo-EE-teh ee-MAHSS I am very hungry.
A

私はとても喉が渇いています。

wah-TAH-shee wah toh-TEH-moh noh-DOH gah kah-WAH-ee-teh ee-MAHSS I am very thirsty.
B

私は具合が悪いです。

wah-TAH-shee wah goo-AH-ee gah wah-ROO-ee dess I am feeling sick.

Word by Word

暑すぎます In this dialogue, 暑すぎます means “is too hot,” describing a temperature that is beyond what feels comfortable. The すぎます part adds the meaning “too much” to 暑い. Use 暑すぎます when telling someone that the weather or a place feels excessively hot.
寒すぎます In this dialogue, 寒すぎます means “is too cold,” describing a temperature that is beyond what feels comfortable. The すぎます part adds the meaning “too much” to 寒い. Use 寒すぎます when telling someone that the weather or a place feels excessively cold.
私 私 refers to the speaker as “I” or “me.” In 私は, it identifies the person whose condition is being described. Use 私 when speaking about yourself, especially in a pattern such as 私は followed by a description.
は は marks 私 as the topic in 私は, meaning that the following information is about the speaker. In this dialogue, 私は introduces the speaker’s condition. A common reuse pattern is 私は followed by a feeling, condition, or other description.
とても とても means “very” and strengthens the description that follows it. In this dialogue, it appears in とても疲れています, とてもお腹がすいています, and とても喉が渇いています. Use とても before a description when you want to express a high degree.
疲れています 疲れています means “am tired” in 私はとても疲れています and describes the speaker’s current tired state. It combines with とても to express being very tired. Use 疲れています when telling someone about your condition after work, travel, or another tiring activity.
お腹 In お腹がすいています, お腹 refers to the stomach or the feeling of hunger. Its meaning here comes from the expression as a whole, which says that the speaker is hungry. Use お腹 in the common pattern お腹がすいています when talking about hunger.
が が marks お腹 as the subject in お腹がすいています. It connects お腹 with the state expressed by すいています; the whole expression means that the speaker is hungry. Use が in this pattern after お腹 when describing this condition.
すいています すいています describes the hungry state in お腹がすいています. Together with お腹が, it expresses that the speaker is hungry, rather than giving the whole meaning by itself. Use it with お腹が when telling someone that you want or need food.
喉 喉 means “throat.” In 喉が渇いています, it is the body part associated with the feeling of thirst, and the whole expression says that the speaker is thirsty. Use 喉 with が and 渇いています when talking about thirst or needing a drink.
渇いています 渇いています describes the thirsty or dry state in 喉が渇いています. Together with 喉が, it expresses that the speaker is thirsty. Use 渇いています with 喉が when telling someone that you need water or another drink.
具合 具合 means a person’s condition or state of health in 具合が悪いです. Here it refers to how the speaker feels physically. Use 具合 when describing someone’s health or asking about their condition.
悪い 悪い means “bad” or “unwell” in 具合が悪いです, describing the speaker’s health condition. The expression 具合が悪いです as a whole means “I am feeling sick” or “I feel unwell.” Use 悪い after 具合が when reporting that someone’s condition is not good.
です です closes 具合が悪いです as a polite statement. It makes the sentence polite, while the meaning of feeling unwell comes from 具合が悪い. Use です after a description when making a polite statement.

Grammar Points

い形容詞の語幹＋すぎます

暑すぎます。

ah-tsoo soo-GHEE-mahss

It is too hot.

Add すぎます to an い-adjective stem to say something is too ... .

～ています

私は疲れています。

wah-TAH-shee wah tsoo-kah-REH-teh ee-MAHSS

I am tired.

～ています can describe a continuing state, such as being tired, hungry, thirsty, or sick.

Japanese Vocabulary

お腹がすいています phrase
oh-NAH-kah gah soo-EE-teh ee-MAHSS am hungry

私はとてもお腹がすいています。

とても adv
toh-TEH-moh very

私はとても疲れています。

寒すぎます phrase
sah-moo soo-GHEE-mahss It is too cold.

寒すぎます。

具合が悪いです phrase
goo-AH-ee gah wah-ROO-ee dess am feeling sick

私は具合が悪いです。

喉が渇いています phrase
noh-DOH gah kah-WAH-ee-teh ee-MAHSS am thirsty

私はとても喉が渇いています。

私 pron
wah-TAH-shee I 私は

私はとても疲れています。

暑すぎます phrase
ah-tsoo soo-GHEE-mahss It is too hot.

暑すぎます。

疲れています verb
tsoo-kah-REH-teh ee-MAHSS am tired

私はとても疲れています。

Quiz

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

It is too hot.

Show Answer暑すぎます

am hungry

Show Answerお腹がすいています

It is too cold.

Show Answer寒すぎます

am tired

Show Answer疲れています