74: How to say "I'm hungry" in Italian
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🗓️ 24 November 2019
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Summary
Do you have hunger? Learn how Italians say this important (and slighly odd) phrase to make sure you never have to go without pizza, pasta or gelato in Italy.
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Todays Italian words
Ho fame = I'm hungry (lit. I have hunger)
Ho = I have
Fame = hunger
Hai sempre fame = you're always hungry
Hai = you have (spelt h-a-i, but the h is silent)
Sempre = always
Fame = hunger
Sì, ma adesso ho molta fame = yes, but now I'm really hungry
Sì = yes
Ma = but
Adesso = now
Ho = I have
Molta = lots of
Fame = hunger
Anch'io ho fame = I'm hungry too.
Anch'io = also I
Ho = I have
Fame = hunger
Allora mangiamo qualcosa? = So shall we eat something?
Allora = so/well/then (depending on the context)
Mangiamo = we eat/let's eat
Qualcosa = something
Ha fame = he/she is hungry (lit. has hunger)
Abbiamo fame = we have hunger
Avete fame = youPlural have hunger
Hanno fame = they have hunger
Ho pazienza = I'm patient (I have patience)
Ho paura = I'm afraid (I have fear)
Ho trentatre anni = I'm 33 (lit. I have 33 years)
Quanti anni hai? = how old are you?
Quanti = how many
Anni = years
Hai = you have
Quanti anni hai? = how many years do you have (how old are you).
Ho trentasei anni = I'm 36 (lit. I have 36 years).
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Do you have hunger? |
| 0:02.0 | Languages don't always express things in the same way, and this little phrase is a great example. |
| 0:07.0 | Italians aren't hungry. They have hunger. |
| 0:11.0 | Learn more expressions with have in episode to Five Minutes Italian. I'm Katie. |
| 0:30.9 | And I'm Matteo. |
| 0:32.2 | Ciao. Let's listen to the conversation we have almost every day. |
| 0:41.3 | Mateo, I'm fame. You have always famed. |
| 0:43.3 | Yes, but I'm a lot of fame. |
| 0:48.3 | Also, I have fame. |
| 0:51.3 | So, manjamo what |
| 0:55.0 | In that little conversation, |
| 0:57.0 | you heard the expression |
| 0:58.0 | O |
| 0:59.0 | Fame, which means |
| 1:01.0 | I'm hungry. |
| 1:02.0 | Literally, it's |
| 1:04.0 | Oh |
| 1:05.0 | spelled H-O, |
| 1:08.0 | but the H is silent. |
| 1:10.0 | Famer. Hunger. So, Italians don't say H-O, but the H is silent. Fame. |
| 1:11.6 | Hunger. |
| 1:12.6 | So Italians don't say I'm hungry. |
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