One thing I like a lot about Spanish is the expression for certain human conditions. In English, we say, “I’m sleepy.” Or, “I’m hungry.” I will need to get used to using the Spanish verb tener, to have. Instead of I’m hungry, I would think, “I have hunger.” And I would say:
Tengo hambre.
Or if the young miss has been up late studying for her final exams, instead of ”My daughter is sleepy,” it would be “My daughter has sleepiness.” I would say:
Mi hija tiene sueño.
It makes more sense to me for people to say they “have” these conditions, rather than to say they are these conditions.
24 May 2012 at 1:12 am
When I took Spanish in high school, I liked all the odd idioms, like “pulling your hair” instead of pulling your leg :)