You want to say...
"I wanna sleep, I'm very tired"
and there are many different expressions that you can use to say I'm tired
but be careful each expression has a different feeling and a different meaning behind it
let's look at those in today's lesson
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so why are you tired?
They are tired for different reasons
This guy has no more energy
he woke up very early then went to the gym at 5 a.m.
Seriously who does that!? That's stupid!
After the gym he went to work
He had lots of work to do lots of meetings
It was a very long boring day at the office
then after the office he went to play tennis for two hours
Ridiculous!
Then finally he went home so he has no more energy
That's why he is tired
She however is kind of like me she just wants to sleep all the time
So there are different expressions they can use let's look at some
To wear something out means to use it until it's completed until it's finished
But you can also use this to describe that you're tired
That something or someone has taken all of your energy
maybe playing sport, the gym, a very long day at work or school
or a very boring person has just taken your energy
In a present tense, you can say "This WEARS me OUT"
This thing or this person makes me feel very tired have no more energy
For example, you know those people who are like...
"Oh my god so next week we're gonna go skiing, and then after that we're gonna go play Tennis!
and then we're gonna go hike a mountain!"
"Why?"
"Because it's so much fun! Then after the gardening, you know what we're gonna do?"
"Karaoke! Just me and you!"
That type of person who's full of energy and takes your energy
you can say
"Oh my God, you wear me out! Stop talking!"
but it's very common to use this as an adjective
I'm worn out
pronunciation
you link those together "wor-nout"
The N joins the next word, "wor-nout"
Say it with me: "I'm worn out"
Good
Another way to say I I have no more energy I'm I'm finished
You can say "I'm spent"
But if you are like me and her you just really enjoy sleep
You can say these things
"I'm sleepy!"
It means the same as I'm tired -Oh yeah...
I didn't mention the pronunciation of this
A very common mistake I hear is "I'm tiRed"
Don't pronounce the R it's more like a Y
Say it with me!
Another common expression you can use is
I can't keep my eyes open
Pronunciation:
You can say this in two ways: With the T...
Without the T...
Again we would link that "S"... it's actually a "Z" sound to the next vowel sound
So "my eye-Zopen"
"I'm going to bed I can't keep my eyes open"
Some expressions are not specific to this situation or this situation
It's just in general "I'm tired"
"I'm knackered" or "I'm shattered"
These are both very British expressions
So to learn the British pronunciation is the best way
Repeat with me
"You look knackered"
"Shattered"
This is only two syllables
Say it with me
Again, both mean "I'm tired"
but if you say "I'm knackered", for the older generations
This means that you're tired because you had lots and lots of sex
but in modern English, no one uses it like that, it just means I'm really tired
and they can both say these expressions
the same with...
"I am pooped"
It's not related to poo, it just means I'm very very tired
this is more of an American English term
but we use it too so it's fine
and the last one
you want to say "I am EXTREMELY tired" You say this...
"Exhausted", say it with me...
There's one more...
"I am tuckered out"
This sounds old-fashioned, so if you say it today it sounds funny
For that reason, you won't say this in a serious way
would say in a friendly funny way
So if you want to be funny you can say this...
"Tucker" is a verb, and it means "To exhaust" to use all of the energy
But, the only time you will hear that word is in "I'm tuckered out"
This is where it gets really interesting
We can get very creative when something or someone exhausts you, takes all of your energy
You can use that thing or that person like a past tense verb, and put "out"
This is sounding confusing, I'll give you an example...
Let's imagine that all day they have been watching Netflix
All day!
He is happy to continue, but for her "No, that's that's enough! that's enough!
No more Netflix! Too much Netflix!"
She wants to say "I'm tired of Netflix"
She can change this to a past tense verb and add "out"
like this...
"I'm a bit Netflixed out to be honest"
Now this specific expression, it's not common
but this is an example of how you can be creative with that structure
"To BE somethingED OUT"
You have had too much of this thing
Change any noun or any person's name into a past tense verb
Example: All day you have been studying
You want to say: "No more studying! that's too much! I'm finished! I'm done!"
How do you say that? You could say... I'm studied
"To be honest I'm all studied out, I don't want to study anymore"
So you can use this for anything
Be careful though this is not formal and it's not standard
In a written English exam I wouldn't recommend it
However if an English student in an exam said this to me,
I would think "Wow that shows a native understanding of how English works"
So in a spoken exam, probably yes
You want to show that you've had enough of something
you can say that
and like I said, if you've had enough of one specific person,
Make their name into a past tense verb, and include "out"
For example all week you have been hanging out with and talking to someone called John
and you want to say: "Uh! No more John!"
"That's too much John! I don't want to talk to John anymore!"
How can you say that using that structure?
"I'm a bit Johnned out to be honest!"
it's an odd expression so don't use it too much
Don't use it for everything, but sometimes it's fun to be creative!
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