Learn Spanish with Spanishpod101.com! Are you thirsty? Would you like a refreshing drink? It would be impossible for us to provide that but Alan and Lisy are here to quench that thirst for more Spanish. They’ll focus on expressions of thirst, using the verb “tener” (to have). I have a lot of thirst! I mean, I’m really thirsty! Wait… what? How does this work? This is the place to find out. In Spanish, as we’ll see in this lesson, the verb “tener” is used for many expressions and set phrases, among which we find those pertaining to hunger and thirst. Don’t forget out regional lessons, Costa Rican 8, Peruvian 8, and Iberian 8 for a more in depth look at this topic.
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10 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #8 - I’m thirsty!”
January 26th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Entonces, ¿cuáles son sus bebidas preferidas? (So, what are your favorite beverages?)
February 6th, 2008 at 7:23 am
¡Hola a todos/todas!
could you please update the gender of the nouns in the pdf-file.
muchas gracias
mariposa
February 6th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Mariposa,
Thanks for the catch! 
I went in and made the changes, so the PDF is all set.
Saludos,
Joseph
September 4th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Gracias por la leccion!! 
Suddenly, after studying how to say “I’m thirsty”, yo tengo mucha sed ahora !! Tengo que ir tomar una bebida 
October 20th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
¡hola todos!
tengo mucha sed.
why is it not mucho?
sorry if its a stupid question 
October 21st, 2008 at 2:46 am
Airi,
Not a stupid question. The noun “sed” is feminine which means that an adjective modifying it must also be feminine. So, we have “mucha sed”. We can call this agreement or concordance. The same rule applies to the “number” (singular or plural) of nouns.
Saludos,
Joseph
October 21st, 2008 at 7:14 am
gracias!i knew about concordance.i just dint consider sed as a noun because i thought it means ‘thirsty’,not ‘thirst’ 
i forgot about ‘tener’…or i guess i just wasnt listening really well.sorry 
again,thanks!acomediste!(is it the right way to say ‘u were quick to help’?)
December 10th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Es deciembre y hace frio aquí. Por eso me gusta el té o el café. Algunas veces tomo té de hierbas. Cuando hace calor me gusta beber gaseosas dietas o té helado.
December 11th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Hola Carlos. Estoy en Delaware, en los Estados Unidos. En verdad, no hace much frío hoy. La clima esta loca estes días y hoy la temperatura es 62 grados F. Dos noches antes, la temperatura fué 24 grados F.
Soy “green,” o trato ser asi, y por eso pongo el termostato bastante bajo.
Not sure if I said that all correctly. For other newbies, I said I live in Delaware, in the United States. Really it’s not very cold today. The weather is crazy these days, and today the temperature is 62 degrees F. Two nights ago, the temperature was 24 degrees F. I am “green,” or tty to be so, and for that reason I set my thermostat pretty low. (OK, I LOVE cognates, such as thermostat/termostato, and teach my students to always look/listen for them! There are sooooo many between English & Spanish.)
Karen
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Category: Newbie Lessons |
Grammar: beber, tener, tener sed, tomar | Function: expressing thirst, offering a beverage | Topic: beverage, thirst | Politeness Level: informal
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