How are you feeling?
Spanish
Tengo calor. = I'm hot.
Tengo frío. = I'm cold.
Tengo hambre. = I'm hungry.
Tengo sed. = I'm thirsty.
Tengo dolor de cabeza.
Note:
Hace calor. = It is hot.
Hace frío. = It is cold.
French
J'ai chaud. = I'm hot.
J'ai froid. = I'm cold.
J'ai faim. = I'm hungry.
J'ai soif. = I'm thirsty.
J'ai mal à la tête. = I have a headache.
Note:
Il fait chaud. = It is hot.
Il fait froid. = It is cold.
Italian
Ho caldo. = I'm hot.
Ho freddo. = I'm cold.
Ho fame. = I'm hungry.
Ho sete. = I'm thirsty.
Ho mal di testa. = I have a headache.
Note:
Fa caldo. = It is hot.
Fa freddo. = It is cold.
Just to help make connections, here are our keywords together, with memory tips.
English / Spanish / French / Italian
hot / calor / chaud / caldo - from Latin calor (like calorie), all starting with "c"
cold / frío / froid / freddo - from Latin frigidus (like frigid/refrigerator), all starting "fr"
hungry / hambre / faim / fame - from Latin fames (like famine)*
thirsty / sed / soif / sete - from Latin sitis, all start with "s," no good cognates
sickness or pain / dolor (condolences are offered to the suffering) / mal / mal - Latin malus, bad (like malevolent) = bad
of / de / de / di
head / cabeza (Latin caput, like "cap"; a captain heads a team) / tête / testa - Latin testa (shell, used by analogy for cranium or skull)
*If you haven't, see the articles on sound correspondences. Words beginning with "f" in French and Italian often begin with "h" in Spanish.
