English Listening Practice: British English Podcast - Common Cold Vocabulary

You are listening to the English Like a Native Podcast,

Qed tisma' English Like a Native Podcast,

a podcast for intermediate and advanced English language learners.

podcast għal studenti intermedji u avvanzati tal-lingwa Ingliża.

My name is Anna, and I'm not very well today, so I'm going to be teaching

Jisimni Anna, u llum ma tantx ninsab tajjeb, għalhekk se ngħallimkom

you how we talk about having a cold.

kif nitkellmu dwar li jkollok riħ.

Hello, welcome back to the podcast.

Hello, merħba lura għall-podcast.

This is the podcast that's designed for lovers and learners

Dan huwa l-podcast li huwa ddisinjat għal min iħobb u jitgħallmu

of the English language.

l-lingwa Ingliża.

I'm your host, Anna and I am very, very groggy.

Jien l-ospiti tiegħek, Anna u jiena ħafna, ħafna groggy.

Today we're learning all about cold vocabulary.

Illum qed nitgħallmu kollox dwar il-vokabularju tal-kesħa.

Hello everyone.

Hello Kulhadd.

You might be wondering what's going on with my voice.

Forsi tkun qed tistaqsi x’qed jiġri bil-vuċi tiegħi.

Maybe you haven't noticed a difference in my voice, which is great, but if

Forsi ma ndunajtx differenza fil-vuċi tiegħi, li hija kbira, imma jekk

you are wondering whether I'm wearing a peg on my nose, then the answer is no.

qed tistaqsi jekk jienx nilbes inxir fuq imnieħri, allura t-tweġiba hija le.

I'm not wearing a peg on my nose.

M'iniex nilbes inxir fuq imnieħri.

I do in fact have a cold.

Fil-fatt għandi riħ.

I have a cold.

Għandi riħ.

I'm not feeling very well, so I thought that this would be a perfect

Mhux qed inħossni tajjeb ħafna, għalhekk ħsibt li din tkun

opportunity for me to talk to you about describing common symptoms

opportunità perfetta għalija biex nitkellem miegħek dwar kif niddeskrivi sintomi komuni

associated with the common cold.

assoċjati mal-riħ komuni.

A cold is a virus or one of many viruses, and it's something that many of us

Riħ hija virus jew wieħed minn ħafna viruses, u hija xi ħaġa li ħafna minna

experience multiple times per year.

nesperjenzaw bosta drabi fis-sena.

I can't remember the exact statistic, but I did see something that said the average

Ma nistax niftakar l-istatistika eżatta, imma rajt xi ħaġa li tgħid li l-

person will suffer with a cold, something like three or four times per year.

persuna medja se tbati b'riħ, xi ħaġa bħal tlieta jew erba' darbiet fis-sena.

So, it's something we all suffer with and we all have to discuss in one form

Għalhekk, hija xi ħaġa li lkoll inbatu biha u lkoll irridu niddiskutu b’xi forma

or another, whether you are telling your friends or your partner how you

jew oħra, kemm jekk qed tgħid lil sħabek jew lil sieħba tiegħek kif tħossok

feel, whether you are explaining to a doctor how you're feeling or to

, jekk qed tispjega lil tabib kif qed tħossok jew lill-

your boss because you need some time off work because you feel so bad.

imgħallem tiegħek għax għandek bżonn ftit ħin mix-xogħol għax tħossok ħażin ħafna.

Or if you are visiting the pharmacy and you're talking to the pharmacist

Jew jekk qed iżżur l-ispiżerija u qed titkellem mal-ispiżjar

and you're in desperate need of some medicine to make you feel better, and

u għandek bżonn iddisprat ta' xi mediċina biex tħossok aħjar, u

you're trying to describe what your symptoms are so that you can get the

qed tipprova tiddeskrivi x'inhuma s-sintomi tiegħek sabiex tkun tista' tieħu l-

right medicine to treat your cold.

mediċina t-tajba biex tikkura l-kesħa tiegħek.

So, rather than spend ages doing another podcast with a very strange voice, I'm

Għalhekk, aktar milli nqatta’ snin nagħmel podcast ieħor b’vuċi stramba ħafna, qed nagħmel

doing the Common Cold Vocabulary Podcast.

il-Podcast tal-Vokabularju tal-Keraħ Komuni.

Okay?

Okay?

So I have a cold, I'm suffering at the moment with quite a heavy cold.

Mela għandi riħ, qed inbati bħalissa b'riħ mhux ħażin.

Now we use heavy to describe a cold that's quite bad.

Issa nużaw tqil biex niddeskrivu riħ li huwa pjuttost ħażin.

You could say I've got quite a bad cold or a heavy cold.

Tista 'tgħid li kelli kesħa ħażina jew kesħa qawwija.

I don't know why we use heavy.

Ma nafx għaliex nużaw heavy.

I guess that's because how you feel when the cold is bad.

Naħseb li dan għax kif tħossok meta l-kesħa tkun ħażina.

It makes you feel quite heavy in your head and in your body.

Jagħmel tħossok pjuttost tqil f'rasek u f'ġisem tiegħek.

It's like weighing you down, "Oh, I've got a cold."

Qis li tiżen, "Oh, kelli riħ."

So, I have quite a heavy cold at the moment.

Għalhekk, għandi riħ pjuttost qawwi bħalissa.

And I can also say when it's bad that I am full of a cold, I'm full

U nista 'ngħid ukoll meta jkun ħażin li jien mimli riħ, jien mimli

of a cold, and this would suggest that the cold is affecting me from

riħ, u dan jissuġġerixxi li l-kesħa qed taffettwani minn

my head all the way down to the tips of my toes, which is not the case.

rasi sa l-ponot ta' saqajji, li huwa mhux il-każ.

A cold tends to affect you from your head down to your lungs, and then after that...

Ir-riħ għandu t-tendenza li jaffettwak minn rasek 'l isfel sal-pulmun, u mbagħad wara...

or sometimes a cold, I guess, can affect your digestive system, which would go a

jew xi kultant riħ, naħseb, jista' jaffettwa s-sistema diġestiva tiegħek, li tmur ftit

little lower, but that tends to be it.

aktar baxxa, iżda dan għandu t-tendenza li jkun.

So, saying I'm full of a cold is unusual.

Allura, li ngħid li jien mimli riħ mhux tas-soltu.

It's a metaphorical way of saying that my cold is really bad.

Huwa mod metaforiku kif ngħid li l-bard tiegħi huwa tassew ħażin.

It's affecting me so much.

Qed jolqotni tant.

I'm full of it.

Jien mimli biha.

This got me thinking about the phrase to be full of something.

Dan ġabni naħseb dwar il-frażi biex inkun mimli xi ħaġa.

So, here I'm going to digress slightly away from colds and illnesses because to

Mela, hawn se niddejjaq xi ftit 'l bogħod mill-irjiħat u l-mard għax biex

say you are full of something, this is used in a handful of circumstances, you

tgħid li inti mimli xi ħaġa, din tintuża f'numru żgħir ta' ċirkostanzi, tista

could say that you are full of beans.

' tgħid li inti mimli fażola.

To be full of beans.

Biex tkun mimlija fażola.

This is an idiom that means you are full of energy as if beans are bouncy

Din hija idjoma li tfisser li inti mimli enerġija bħallikieku l-fażola hija bouncy

and energetic, which is unusual.

u enerġetika, li mhux tas-soltu.

Are beans bouncy and energetic?

Il-fażola hija bouncy u enerġetika?

I don't think I've ever seen a bean bounce.

Ma naħsibx li qatt rajt fażola bounce.

In fact, if you dropped a bean on the floor, I don't think it would bounce.

Fil-fatt, jekk twaqqa’ fażola ma’ l-art, ma naħsibx li tiżboq.

Maybe that's something I need to test out, but to be full of

Forsi dik hija xi ħaġa li għandi bżonn nittestja, imma li tkun

beans is to be full of energy.

mimli ful huwa li tkun mimli enerġija.

I could say that when I woke up on Sunday morning after a full night's

Nista’ ngħid li meta l-Ħadd filgħodu qomt wara rqad sħaħ

sleep, and I opened the curtains to see that the sun was shining, I felt full

, u ftaħt il-purtieri biex nara li x-xemx kienet tiddi, ħassejtni mimli

of beans and ready to start my day.

fażola u lest biex nibda l-ġurnata tiegħi.

Or I might say that Jacob is going to have a great day today because when I saw

Jew nista’ ngħid li Ġakobb se jkollu ġurnata kbira llum għax meta rajtu

him in the morning, he was full of beans.

filgħodu, kien mimli fażola.

So, I'm sure he's gonna have a great day and he's really excited about the birthday

Għalhekk, jien ċert li se jkollu ġurnata mill-aqwa u huwa tassew eċċitati dwar il-

party that he's going to this afternoon.

festa ta’ għeluq li sejjer għaliha llum wara nofsinhar.

He's full of beans.

Huwa mimli fażola.

You'd also use full of to describe your general energy levels in a different way.

Int tuża wkoll full of biex tiddeskrivi l-livelli ġenerali tal-enerġija tiegħek b'mod differenti.

So, you could say full of beans, or literally full of energy.

Allura, tista 'tgħid mimlija fażola, jew litteralment mimlija enerġija.

"Oh, since, since cutting out sugar, I'm just full of energy.

"Oh, peress li, minn meta nqatta' z-zokkor, jien biss mimli enerġija.

Since improving my diet, I'm now full of energy.

Minn mindu ttejjeb id-dieta tiegħi, issa jien mimli enerġija.

When I get lots of sleep, I wake up full of energy."

Meta nerqad ħafna, inqum mimli enerġija."

You could also say that you're full of enthusiasm for something.

Tista 'wkoll tgħid li int mimli entużjażmu għal xi ħaġa.

So, if you are very motivated and enthusiastic about something, then you

Allura, jekk int motivat ħafna u entużjast dwar xi ħaġa, allura

could say you are full of enthusiasm.

tista 'tgħid li int mimli entużjażmu.

Sometimes we use this sarcastically because in the UK we do have quite a

Kultant nużaw dan b'mod sarkastiku għax fir-Renju Unit għandna

sarcastic sense of humour which is where we say things that we don't really mean.

sens ta' umoriżmu pjuttost sarkastiku li huwa fejn ngħidu affarijiet li ma tantx irridu nfissru.

And so if I say to you, "Hey, I've planned a really awesome weekend.

U allura jekk ngħidlek, "Ħej, ippjanajt tmiem il-ġimgħa tassew tal-biża'.

We're going to go swimming and then we're gonna go hiking, we're

Se mmorru ngħumu u mbagħad se mmorru mixi, se mmorru

gonna go for a picnic and we're gonna end it with horse riding.

għal piknik u se nispiċċaw bl-irkib taż-żwiemel.

It's gonna be amazing."

Se tkun aqwa."

And you say, "Uh, sounds really exciting."

U tgħid, "Uh, ħsejjes verament eċċitanti."

Then I'd respond with, "Oh, you are full of enthusiasm".

Imbagħad nwieġeb bi, "Oh, int mimli entużjażmu".

Which obviously you are not, but I say it in a sarcastic way.

Li ovvjament m'intix, imma ngħidha b'mod sarkastiku.

Huh, you are full of enthusiasm.

Huh, int mimli entużjażmu.

Okay?

So full of beans, full of energy, full of enthusiasm.

Okay?

Hekk mimli fażola, mimli enerġija, mimli entużjażmu.

You can also use this in a much more negative way and say that

Tista 'wkoll tuża dan b'mod ferm aktar negattiv u tgħid li

someone is full of themselves.

xi ħadd huwa mimli bih innifsu.

So, to be full of yourself is to be like in love with yourself full of arrogance

Mela, li tkun mimli bik innifsek huwa li tkun qisu mħabba lilek innifsek mimli arroganza

and full of your own self importance.

u mimli bl-importanza tiegħek stess.

So, you think that you are important and special and that everything you have

Għalhekk, taħseb li int importanti u speċjali u li dak kollu li għandek xi

to say is valuable to everybody else.

tgħid huwa ta’ valur għal kulħadd.

We all know someone like that, don't we?

Ilkoll nafu lil xi ħadd hekk, hux?

Someone who is full of themselves.

Xi ħadd li huwa mimli bih innifsu.

These people often aren't very well accepted in society, these people,

Dawn in-nies ħafna drabi ma jkunux aċċettati tajjeb ħafna fis-soċjetà, dawn in-nies,

I don't know, maybe they are.

ma nafx, forsi huma.

Anyway, to be full of yourself is just to think that you are wonderful.

Xorta waħda, li tkun mimli bik innifsek huwa biss li taħseb li int meraviljuż.

So, you wouldn't really say that about yourself, that you are full of yourself.

Allura, ma tantx tgħid hekk dwarek innifsek, li int mimli bik innifsek.

So, I wouldn't say I'm full of myself.

Allura, ma ngħidx li jien mimli minni nnifsi.

Look at me.

Ħares lejja.

I'm full of myself because I'm just putting myself down.

Jien mimli bija nnifsi ghax qed inqieghed biss.

That doesn't really work.

Li ma tantx jaħdem.

But you would say it's about someone else who's being very arrogant.

Imma tgħid li huwa dwar xi ħadd ieħor li jkun arroganti ħafna.

So, if someone stands up in front of a room of strangers and

Allura, jekk xi ħadd iqum quddiem kamra ta’ barranin u

they stand up and go, "Hey guys.

jqum bil-wieqfa u jmur, "Hey guys.

Um, so my name is Anna and I'm really beautiful.

Um, allura jien jisimni Anna u jien tassew sabiħa.

And I'm really clever.

U jien tassew għaqlija.

I got a first in my degree and I'm really popular.

Sibt l-ewwel il-lawrja tiegħi u jien popolari ħafna.Kulħadd

Everyone likes me and if you want to follow me on social media, you

jogħġobni u jekk trid issegwini fuq il-midja soċjali tista'

can follow me because everyone else does, so you should too.

ssegwini għax kullħadd hekk għandek ukoll.U

And I can teach you a thing or two about everything because I

nista' ngħallimkom xi ħaġa jew tnejn fuq kollox għax jien

know everything about everything."

taf kollox dwar kollox."

Then everyone might think, "Oh, she is full of herself.

Imbagħad kulħadd jista 'jaħseb, "Oh, hija mimlija biha nfisha.

I don't think I'll be following her on social media.

Ma naħsibx li se nkun qed insegwiha fuq il-midja soċjali.

She loves herself."

Tħobb lilha nfisha."

Okay, so to be full of yourself.

Tajjeb, allura tkun mimli bik innifsek.

One that I didn't mention, and that's because it's not used as often,

Waħda li ma semmejtx, u dan għax ma tintużax ta’ spiss,

but you might see it in creative writing, is to be full of woe.

imma tista’ taraha fil-kitba kreattiva, hija li tkun mimlija gwaj.

So, this is kind of along the lines of being full of emotion.

Allura, dan huwa tip ta 'tul il-linji li tkun mimli emozzjoni.

So, being full of energy and enthusiasm.

Allura, li tkun mimli enerġija u entużjażmu.

You can be full of woe.

Tista’ tkun mimlija gwaj.

Woe is an older word that means sadness.

Woe hija kelma antik li tfisser dwejjaq.

So if you're full of woe, you're full of sadness.

Mela jekk inti mimli gwaj, int mimli dwejjaq.

It's not something that I would say.

Mhix xi ħaġa li ngħid.

I wouldn't say to my partner, "Oh, Jacob was full of woe today."

Jien ma ngħidx lil sieħbi, "O, Jacob kien mimli gwaj illum."

It's a bit too poetic, but you will see it within poetry and within

Hi daqsxejn poetika wisq, imma taraha fi ħdan il-poeżija u fil-

literature to be full of woe.

letteratura biex tkun mimli gwaj.

In fact, every time I say full of woe, I get this little

Fil-fatt, kull darba li ngħid mimli gwaj, nieħu din iċ-ċkejkna

niggle of a memory of a poem.

ta’ memorja ta’ poeżija.

Poem, a poem that I used to hear over and over again, like maybe it's a A.A

Poeżija, poeżija li kont nisma’ għal darb’oħra, bħal forsi hija

Milne poem and I can't think what it is.

poeżija AA Milne u ma nistax naħseb x’inhi.

Oh, it's the child one.

Oh, huwa t-tifel wieħed.

So, Monday's child is full of grace.

Allura, it-tifel tat-Tnejn huwa mimli grazzja.

Tuesday's child is fair of face.

It-tifel tat-Tlieta huwa ġust tal-wiċċ.

Wednesday's child is full of woe,

It-tifel tal-Erbgħa mimli gwaj,

Thursday's child has far to go

it-tifel tal-Ħamis fadal ħafna x’jagħmel

And it carries on like that.

U jibqa’ għaddej hekk.

I won't do the whole poem in case I get done for copyright, but yes.

Mhux se nagħmel il-poeżija kollha f'każ li nagħmel għad-drittijiet tal-awtur, imma iva.

There you go.

Hemmhekk int.

There's an example of it being used in literature that's quite a common poem.

Hemm eżempju li jintuża fil-letteratura li hija poeżija pjuttost komuni.

I think it's called Sunday's Child.

Naħseb li tissejjaħ it-Tfal tal-Ħadd.

Sunday's Child.

It-Tfal tal-Ħadd.

Look it up.

It's a nice poem.

Fittixha.

Hija poeżija sabiħa.

Right.

Dritt.

So, to be full of woe and to be full of...

Mela, li tkun mimli gwaj u li tkun mimli...

now this is a rude one and this is the last one.

issa din hija goffa u din hija l-aħħar waħda.

If there are small children around, don't worry because I'm not going to say

Jekk hemm tfal żgħar madwar, tinkwetax għax mhux se ngħid

the word, it's S-H-I-T to be full of.

il-kelma, MERĠA li tkun mimlija biha.

If you are full of S H I T, then you are talking nonsense or you are telling

Jekk inti mimli SHIT, allura qed titkellem bla sens jew qed tgħid

lies, or you are talking as if you know something when really you don't.

il-gideb, jew qed titkellem bħallikieku taf xi ħaġa meta verament ma tagħrafx.

So, you are spouting off a whole bunch of facts that aren't actually based in truth.

Allura, qed tħabbar mazz sħiħ ta 'fatti li fil-fatt mhumiex ibbażati fil-verità.

So, if I say to you, "Oh yes, I'm a mechanic.

Allura, jekk ngħidlek, "Oh iva, jien mekkanik.

I know how to fix your car.

Naf kif nirranġa l-karozza tiegħek.

You just take a dumbbell and you bang the dumbbell against the engine.

Inti sempliċiment tieħu dumbbell u tħabbat id-dumbbell mal-magna.

Give it a few knocks.

Agħtiha ftit knocks.

If you don't have a dumbbell, use a hammer.

Jekk tagħmel" m'għandekx dumbbell, uża martell.

Just bash it a few times.

Agħfasha ftit drabi.

Oh, and instead of petrol, maybe try using cooking oil in your petrol tank.

Oh, u minflok petrol, forsi ipprova uża żejt tat-tisjir fit-tank tal-petrol tiegħek.

That'll do the world of good to your car.

Dak se jagħmel id-dinja tal-ġid lill-karozza tiegħek.

Yeah.

Yeah. Do that."

Iva.

Iva. Agħmel dak."

Then I am full of sh** I do not know what I'm talking about,

Imbagħad jien mimli sh** ma nafx dwar xiex qed nitkellem,

but I'm talking as if I do know.

imma qed nitkellem daqslikieku naf.

Okay.

Okay.

So, again, not a pleasant phrase, but a very common phrase.

Allura, għal darb'oħra, mhux frażi pjaċevoli, iżda frażi komuni ħafna.

Sometimes people would use that phrase with that meaning,

Xi drabi n-nies kienu jużaw dik il-frażi b’dik it-tifsira,

but not say the rude word.

iżda ma jgħidux il-kelma goffja.

Sometimes they say he's full of it.

Kultant jgħidu li hu mimli biha.

"Oh, he's full of it.

"Oh, hu mimli biha.

Just ignore him.

Injorah biss.

He's full of it."

Huwa mimli biha."

Okay.

Okay.

Bringing it back to having a cold and being poorly.

Inġibha lura biex ikollha riħ u tkun ħażin.

So, let me have a look.

Allura, ħalluni nagħti ħarsa.

I'm just gonna bring my notes up to where I can see them.

Se nġib in-noti tiegħi sa fejn nista' narahom.

Okay, so how do you feel when you have a cold?

Tajjeb, allura kif tħossok meta jkollok riħ?

Well, for me, with this particular cold, I feel very congested.

Ukoll, għalija, b'din il-kesħa partikolari, inħossni konġestjonat ħafna.

Congested.

Konġestjonat.

Congested is a word that you will hear related to health,

Konġestjonat hija kelma li se tisma' relatata mas-saħħa,

but also related to traffic.

iżda wkoll relatata mat-traffiku.

This could be vehicle-based traffic or people traffic.

Dan jista' jkun traffiku bbażat fuq vetturi jew traffiku tan-nies.

So if there is a road or a walkway that's full and people can't really get to

Mela jekk ikun hemm triq jew passaġġ mimlija u n-nies ma tantx jistgħu jaslu

where they need to go because everyone's in the way, then that is congestion.

fejn iridu jmorru għax kulħadd ifixkel, allura dik hija konġestjoni.

Oh, hang on, I can't breathe, huh.

Oh, hang fuq, ma nistax nifs, huh.

So, if it's a busy time for the roads, like between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM when

Għalhekk, jekk ikun żmien impenjattiv għat-toroq, bħal bejn l-4:00 PM u s-6:00 PM meta

everyone's leaving work, that would be a time of congestion on the roads.

kulħadd jitlaq mix-xogħol, dak ikun żmien ta’ konġestjoni fit-toroq.

So, you wouldn't want to drive in Central London around five o'clock

Għalhekk, ma tkunx trid issuq fiċ-Ċentru ta’ Londra għall-ħabta tal-ħamsa

in the afternoon because there's going to be a lot of congestion.

ta’ waranofsinhar għax se jkun hemm ħafna konġestjoni.

You won't be able to move freely.

Inti mhux se tkun tista 'timxi liberament.

And if you are within a university building around the time when all

U jekk tkun f'bini ta' università madwar iż-żmien meta

the class is empty or when everyone's going to class, then there's

l-klassi kollha tkun vojta jew meta kulħadd sejjer il-klassi, allura jkun hemm

going to be lots of congestion.

ħafna konġestjoni.

Excuse me, I'm just going to wipe my nose.

Skużani, jien biss ser imsaħ imnieħri.

Because my nose is running.

Għax imnieħri għaddej.

We'll come back to that.

Ser nerġgħu lura għal dak.

Oh it's a bit tickly now as well.

Oh huwa daqsxejn tickly issa wkoll.

Right.

Dritt.

So, congestion, when we talk about congestion in our face, in our

Mela, konġestjoni, meta nitkellmu dwar konġestjoni f’wiċċna, f’imnieħer

nose, we have a congested nose.

, ikollna imnieħer konġestjonat.

Then we're talking about our nose being blocked, our airway being blocked.

Imbagħad qed nitkellmu dwar imnieħerna jiġi mblukkat, il-passaġġ tan-nifs tagħna jkun imblukkat.

We can't breathe easily through our nose because the airway is blocked,

Ma nistgħux nieħdu n-nifs faċilment minn imnieħer għax il-passaġġ tan-nifs huwa mblukkat,

either because of inflammation or because there's a lot of mucus.

jew minħabba infjammazzjoni jew minħabba li hemm ħafna mukus.

Now we tend to just talk about the mucus in a more gross way.

Issa għandna t-tendenza li nitkellmu biss dwar il-mukus b'mod aktar gross.

We use the word snot more often.

Aħna nużaw il-kelma snot aktar spiss.

You could say, "I'm quite snotty."

Tista 'tgħid, "Jien pjuttost snotty."

Oh, I'm quite snotty at the moment, although that feels to me like

Oh, jien pjuttost snotty fil-mument, għalkemm dik iħossni lili qisu

that's a word that we use more with children than anything else.

dik hija kelma li nużaw aktar mat-tfal minn kull ħaġa oħra.

So we rarely say the word mucus.

Allura rari ngħidu l-kelma mukus.

That's the technical term.

Dak hu t-terminu tekniku.

We would use the word snotty, although you can say that someone is snotty

Aħna nużaw il-kelma snotty, għalkemm tista 'tgħid li xi ħadd huwa snotty

to refer to an unpleasant manner.

biex tirreferi għal mod spjaċevoli.

So if you always see me in the morning and we always say, "Hey, how are you?"

Mela jekk dejjem tarani filgħodu u dejjem ngħidu, "Ħej, kif int?"

"I'm good, thanks.

"Jien tajjeb, grazzi.

How are you?

Kif int?

You going to work?"

"Yeah."

Se taħdem?"

"Iva."

"Anything interesting happening today?"

"Xi ħaġa interessanti qed jiġri llum?"

"No, not really."

"Le, mhux verament."

"Oh, well it was lovely to see you."

"Oh, sew kien sabiħ li narak."

"And you!"

"U inti!"

"Right.

Take care.

Bye."

"Sewwa.

Oqgħod attent.

Bye."

But then one morning you arrive and I see you and I say, "What do you want?"

Imma mbagħad wieħed filgħodu tasal u narak u ngħidlek, "Xi trid?"

"Oh, nothing.

"Oh, xejn.

Are you okay?"

Inti okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine.

"Iva, jien tajjeb.

Just leave me alone.

Ħallini waħdi.

"All right, just, I'll just sit down here."

"Tajjeb, biss, jien se noqgħod bilqiegħda hawn. "

"Well, can you not sit next to me please?

"Tajjeb, ma tistax toqgħod ħdejja jekk jogħġbok?

I just need some space.

Għandi bżonn biss ftit spazju.

Can you just go away?"

Tista 'biss tmur bogħod?"

"Okay, fine."

"Tajjeb, multa."

Then that manner is very inappropriate.

Imbagħad dak il-mod huwa mhux xieraq ħafna.

It's unpleasant, you could say, "Anna was a bit snotty this morning.

Huwa spjaċevoli, inti tista 'tgħid, "Anna kienet daqsxejn snotty dalgħodu.

Anna was quite snotty with me this morning."

Anna kienet pjuttost snotty miegħi dalgħodu."

And that has nothing to do with mucus that has everything to

U dan m'għandu x'jaqsam xejn mal-mukus li għandu kollox x'jaqsam

do with an unpleasant manner.

ma 'mod spjaċevoli.

So, be careful how you use that word.

Allura, oqgħod attent kif tuża dik il-kelma.

So, to be snotty, what we would normally say is, I'm congested.

Allura, biex tkun snotty, dak li normalment ngħidu huwa , Jien konġestjonat.

When I'm talking about the mucus in our nose, I'm quite congested.

Meta nkun qed nitkellem dwar il-mukus f'imnieħerna, jien pjuttost konġestjonat.

Or you might say, I'm bunged up.

Jew tista 'tgħid, jien imqabbad.

I feel quite bunged up.

Inħossni pjuttost imqabbad.

A bung.

Bung.

B-U-N-G.

BUNG.

A bung is something that blocks a hole.

Bung hija xi ħaġa li jimblokka toqba.Mela

So if you have, for example, a plug is a kind of bung, you bung a plug into

jekk għandek, per eżempju, plug huwa tip ta 'bug, inti bang plug fit-

the plug hole to stop the water going down the sink or out of the bathtub.

toqba tal-plagg biex twaqqaf l-ilma jinżel 'l isfel mis-sink jew barra mill-bathtub.Mela

So a bung, but we talk about being bunged up when we are congested in our

bung, imma nitkellmu dwar li nibdew meta nkunu konġestjonati fl-

nose, when mucus is preventing our air to flow freely through our airways.

imnieħer tagħna, meta l-mukus qed jipprevjeni l-arja tagħna biex tgħaddi b'mod ħieles mill-passaġġi tan-nifs tagħna.

And right now I'm quite bunged up.

U bħalissa jien pjuttost imqabbad.

Particularly, in my sinuses.

Partikolarment, fis-sinus tiegħi.

So, your sinuses are the kind of air-filled cavities.

Allura, is-sinus tiegħek huma t-tip ta 'arja. -kavitajiet mimlija.Dejjem

I always think of them as little tubes, but they're cavities that run

naħseb minnhom bħala tubi żgħar, imma huma kavitajiet li jimxu

on either side of your nose and go under your eyes, kind of in that area.

fuq kull naħa ta 'imnieħrek u jmorru taħt għajnejk, tip ta' f'dik iż-żona.

So, when you are bunged up, you might get pain in your sinuses.

Allura, meta tkun bunged up, jista 'jkollok uġigħ fis-sinus tiegħek.

So, pain underneath the eyes, maybe more on one side than the

Allura, uġigħ taħt l-għajnejn, forsi aktar fuq naħa waħda mill-

other, or equally on both sides.

oħra, jew bl-istess mod fuq iż-żewġ naħat.

And that's quite a specific pain.

U dak huwa pjuttost uġigħ speċifiku.

Sometimes you get an infection in your sinuses, so you might need to go

Kultant ikollok infezzjoni fis-sinus tiegħek, għalhekk jista 'jkollok bżonn tmur

to the pharmacist or the doctor and say, "I've got a lot of pain in my

għand l-ispiżjar jew it-tabib u tgħid, "Għandi ħafna uġigħ fis-

sinuses, or I feel quite congested, and my sinuses feel blocked."

sinus tiegħi, jew inħossni pjuttost konġestjonat, u s-sinus tiegħi jħossuhom imblukkati."

And then they will give you a decongestant, something to remove the

U mbagħad jagħtuk dekonġestjonant, xi ħaġa biex tneħħi l-

congestion, to take down inflammation and help to open up your airways again.

konġestjoni, biex tneħħi l-infjammazzjoni u tgħin biex terġa 'tiftaħ il-passaġġi tan-nifs tiegħek.

Or if you've got sinusitis, if you've got an infection in your sinuses,

Jew jekk ikollok sinusite, jekk ikollok infezzjoni fis-sinus tiegħek,

you'll need some stronger medicine to help reduce that infection.

ikollok bżonn xi mediċina aktar b'saħħitha biex tgħin tnaqqas dik l-infezzjoni.

Okay, so if you do have congestion, your nose is blocked, then you

Tajjeb, allura jekk għandek konġestjoni, imnieħrek huwa mblukkat, allura

might be sniffing quite a lot.

jista 'jkun qed xamm mhux ħażin.

That's a sniff.

That's a sniff.

Also, this is a sniff, so you might sniff a flower.

Ukoll, dan huwa xamm, allura inti tista 'xamm fjura.

Or I might sniff myself.

Jew nista 'nxomm lili nnifsi.

Oh, I smell quite bad.

Oh, inxomm pjuttost ħażin.

I think I need to put on some deodorant.

Naħseb li għandi bżonn inpoġġi xi deodorant.

Oh, ugh, woo-fee!

Oh, ugh, woo-ħlas!

I don't smell bad, at least I don't think I smell bad.

Jien ma nxommx ħażin, għallinqas ma naħsibx li nxomm ħażin.

I can't smell anything.

Ma nista’ nxomm xejn.

I've lost my sense of smell because I'm so bunged up.

Tlift is-sens tax-xamm għax ninsab daqshekk imballat.

But we sniff things, to sniff is the same as to smell, but sniff describes

Imma nxommu l-affarijiet, ixxommu huwa l-istess bħal inxommu, imma xomm tiddeskrivi

more the action, the short, sharp...

aktar l-azzjoni, il-qosor, li jaqta’...

We sniff when we cry as well, don't we?

Inxommu wkoll meta nibku, hux?

When we're upset, you might just hear someone sniffling.

Meta nkunu mdejqa, tista’ tisma’ lil xi ħadd ixxomm.

Whimpering and sniffling.

Whimpering u sniffling.

So we play with this word a lot to sniff, to have the sniffles, to be sniffly.

Mela nilagħbu b’din il-kelma ħafna biex inxommu, biex ikollna l-isniffles, biex inkunu sniffly.

Sometimes you might hear snuffly, have the snuffles.

Kultant inti tista 'tisma' snuffly, ikollhom il-snuffles.

It's very unusual, but it just means that you are doing this quite a lot.

Huwa mhux tas-soltu ħafna, iżda jfisser biss li qed tagħmel dan pjuttost ħafna.

I'm a bit sniffly and I'm sneezing a lot as well.

Jien ninsab daqsxejn u qed nittas ħafna wkoll.

To sneeze.

Biex għatis.

Now, if you should, if you sneeze, you should use a hanky or a tissue,

Issa, jekk għandek, jekk tagħtas, għandek tuża mozza jew tissue,

and with that hanky or tissue you are going to wipe or blow your nose.

u b'dak il-faxxa jew tissue tkun se timsaħ jew jonfoħ imnieħrek.

If you wipe your nose a lot, if you blow your nose a lot, then you can often

Jekk imsaħ ħafna mnieħrek, jekk jonfoħ ħafna mnieħrek, allura ħafna drabi tista '

aggravate the skin around the nose.

taggrava l-ġilda madwar l-imnieħer.

So sometimes you get a very red sore nose from all the sniffing and wiping

Allura kultant ikollok imnieħer aħmar ħafna uġigħ minn kull xamm u timsaħ

and blowing and it helps to put Vaseline on your skin, around your nose to

u nfiħ u jgħin biex tpoġġi vażelina fuq il-ġilda tiegħek, madwar imnieħrek biex

protect these little holes in your nose by the way, are called nostrils.

tipproteġi dawn it-toqob żgħar fl-imnieħer mill-mod, jissejħu imnifsejn.

So you have two nostrils.

Allura għandek żewġ imnifsejn.

So yes, we blow our nose and funnily enough, my eldest son

Mela iva, aħna jonfoħ imnieħerna u b’mod umoristiku biżżejjed, ibni l-kbir

Jacob cannot blow his nose.

Jacob ma jistax jonfoħ imnieħru.

He hasn't yet worked out the skill of blowing your nose.

Għadu ma ħadimx il-ħila li jonfok imnieħrek.

He doesn't know how to blow air down one nostril, while holding the other

Ma jafx jonfoħ arja minn mnifsejn wieħed, filwaqt li jżomm l-ieħor

one closed and closing his mouth so the air doesn't come through his mouth.

magħluq u jagħlaq ħalqu biex l-arja ma tidħolx minn ħalqu.

We, we are trying to teach him how to blow his nose, but he

Aħna, qed nippruvaw ngħallmu kif jonfoħ imnieħru, imma hu

really struggles with the idea.

verament tissielet mal-idea.

It just hasn't clicked yet.

Għadu ma kklikkjatx.

He just hasn't cottoned on with how it works.

Huwa biss ma cottoned fuq kif taħdem.

He'll get there.

Hu ser jasal hemm.

But yes, blowing your nose, especially if your nose is runny.

Imma iva, jonfoħ imnieħrek, speċjalment jekk imnieħrek ikun inixxi.

If your nose is running, when the mucus dribbles down your face.

Jekk imnieħrek ikun għaddej, meta l-mukus dribbles isfel wiċċ tiegħek.

Ooh, yuck!

Ooh, yuck!

You have to get a tissue quick and wipe it away, and then blow your

Trid tieħu tessut malajr u timsaħha, u mbagħad jonfoħ imnieħrek

nose to remove all the excess mucus.

biex tneħħi l-mukus żejjed kollu.

There's nothing worse than having a runny nose, especially when you are

M'hemm xejn agħar milli jkollok imnieħer inixxi, speċjalment meta tkun

at work and having to talk to people.

fuq ix-xogħol u jkollok għalfejn titkellem man-nies.

Now, the congestion might also give you what is a very common

Issa, il-konġestjoni tista 'wkoll tagħtik dak li huwa

symptom of a cold, a headache.

sintomu komuni ħafna ta' riħ, uġigħ ta 'ras.

A headache.

Now we'll often talk about where we feel the headache.

Uġigħ ta’ ras.

Issa spiss nitkellmu dwar fejn inħossu l-uġigħ ta’ ras.

Sometimes you might say, I've got a headache above the eyes, across my

Kultant tista’ tgħid, għandi uġigħ ta’ ras ‘il fuq mill-għajnejn, tul forehead

forehead, or I've got pain in my temples.

, jew sibt uġigħ fit-tempji.

Which are the soft bits at the side of your head, either side of on

Liema huma l-bits artab fil-ġenb tar-ras tiegħek, kull naħa ta 'fuq

the outsides of your eyes, those soft little areas, your temples.

l-għajnejn tiegħek, dawk iż-żoni rotob ftit, tempji tiegħek.

The areas like between your eyes and your ears.

Iż-żoni bħal bejn għajnejk u widnejk.

I'm just thinking about those people listening might not understand what

Qed naħseb biss dwar dawk in-nies li jisimgħu forsi ma jifhmux xi ngħid

I mean, but between the outside of your eye and your ear, there's this

, imma bejn in-naħa ta’ barra ta’ għajnejk u widnejk, hemm dan

soft little bit that's your temple.

il-ftit artab li hu t-tempju tiegħek.

We often rub our temples if we're feeling stressed or if we have a

Ħafna drabi nogħrok it-tempji tagħna jekk inħossuna stressati jew jekk ikollna uġigħ

headache, we tend to rub the temple.

ta’ ras, għandna t-tendenza li nogħrok it-tempju.

You might have a headache all over, or sometimes I'll describe a headache as

Jista’ jkollok uġigħ ta’ ras kollu, jew xi kultant niddeskrivi uġigħ ta’ ras bħala

being like a band around my head because I feel this tightness all the way around.

qisha faxxa madwar rasi għax inħoss din l-issikkar mad-dawra kollha.

If you have horrendous headaches, really bad headaches, then you

Jekk għandek uġigħ ta 'ras orribbli, uġigħ ta' ras tassew ħżiena, allura

might describe that as a migraine.

tista 'tiddeskrivi dan bħala emigranja.

The kind of headache that stops you from functioning, that puts you to

It-tip ta’ wġigħ ta’ ras li jwaqqafek milli tiffunzjona, li jpoġġik fis-

bed where you can't even lift your head because it's just so bad where

sodda fejn lanqas biss tista’ tgħolli rasek għax hija daqshekk ħażina fejn

you can't see sometimes because it's so bad that makes you feel sick.

ma tistax tara kultant għax tant ħażin li jġiegħlek tħossok marid.

That's a migraine.

Dik hija emigranja.

And I hope that's not something you suffer with very often because it's

U nispera li ma tkunx xi ħaġa li tbati biha ħafna drabi għax hija

an awful thing to have migraines.

ħaġa orribbli li jkollok emigranja.

Okay, so we've talked about the head a lot.

Okay, allura tkellimna ħafna dwar ir-ras.

Now we're gonna move down.

Issa se nimxu 'l isfel.

So often our throat is affected when we have a cold.

Allura ħafna drabi gerżuma tagħna tiġi affettwata meta jkollna riħ.

You may have a sore throat.

Jista' jkollok uġigħ fil-griżmejn.

In fact, I start with a sore throat.

Fil-fatt, nibda b'uġigħ fil-griżmejn.

Often I know that I'm going to get a cold if I start with a pain in my throat.

Spiss inkun naf li se nieħu riħ jekk nibda b’uġigħ f’gerżuma.

You can also see when you look in the mirror that your

Tista 'tara wkoll meta tħares fil-mera li

throat might be quite red.

gerżuma tiegħek jista' jkun pjuttost aħmar.

Or inflamed, it might feel a bit swollen and tender.

Jew infjammat, jista 'jħossu daqsxejn minfuħ u teneri.

The pain feeling sometimes is described as a scratchy feeling.

Is-sensazzjoni ta 'uġigħ kultant hija deskritta bħala sensazzjoni ta' grif.

So, you could say, I've got a scratchy feeling in my throat.

Allura, tista 'tgħid, sibt tħossok grif f'gerżuma.

When you feel like you've cut the back of your throat, like someone has

Meta tħoss li qtajt in-naħa ta’ wara ta’ griżmejk, bħal xi ħadd scratched

scratched the back of your throat, then you have a scratchy feeling.

in-naħa ta’ wara tal-gerżuma, imbagħad ikollok tħossok grif.

Sometimes the pain's only there when you swallow, so you'd say,

Xi drabi l-uġigħ ikun hemm biss meta tibla’, allura tgħid,

I have a pain when I swallow.

għandi uġigħ meta nibla’.

My throat hurts when I swallow.

Griżmejni tweġġa’ meta nibla’.

Now a sore throat may be worse if you have swollen tonsils.

Issa uġigħ fil-griżmejn jista’ jkun agħar jekk ikollok it-tunsilli minfuħin.

I don't have tonsils anymore.

M'għandix aktar tunsilli.

Many people have their tonsils removed if they suffer with

Ħafna nies jitneħħew it-tunsilli tagħhom jekk ibatu bit-

swollen tonsils on a regular basis.

tunsilli minfuħin fuq bażi regolari.

I had my tonsils out when I was four because I kept getting tonsillitis,

Jien kelli t-tunsilli barra meta kelli erba’ snin għax bqajt nieħu t-tunsilli,

which is infection in the tonsils.

li hija infezzjoni fit-tunsilli.

However, I do feel like maybe some of the tissue from my tonsils was

Madankollu, inħoss li forsi xi wħud mit-tessuti mit-tunsilli tiegħi tħallew

left in my throat, like some remains in my throat because when I do get

f'griżmejni, bħal xi fdalijiet fil-griżmejn għax meta jkolli

a sore throat, I get these little swellings always in the same place,

uġigħ fil-griżmejn, inġib dawn nefħa żgħar dejjem fl-istess post,

just little lumps, and it really hurts.

biss ċapep żgħar, u tassew tweġġa’.

And so I think perhaps that's tonsil tissue, but I don't know.

U allura naħseb li forsi dak huwa tessut tat-tunsilli, imma ma nafx.

I'm not a doctor.

Jien mhux tabib.

So if you do have swollen tonsils, you may have tonsillitis,

Mela jekk għandek it-tunsilli minfuħin, jista 'jkollok tonsillite,

which can lead to laryngitis.

li tista' twassal għal laringite.

It could lead to you losing your voice and getting laryngitis, which is an

Jista' jwassal biex titlef il-vuċi tiegħek u jkollok laringite, li hija

infection in the larynx, your voice box.

infezzjoni fil-larinġi, il-kaxxa tal-vuċi tiegħek.

You might also lose your voice because you are coughing a lot.

Tista' wkoll titlef leħnek għax qed sogħla ħafna.

This is always my concern when I'm suffering with a cold,

Din hija dejjem it-tħassib tiegħi meta nkun qed inbati minn riħ,

especially if it involves a cough.

speċjalment jekk tinvolvi sogħla.

Am I going to lose my voice?

Se nitlef leħni?

Because when you cough, it makes your larynx or your vocal folds

Għax meta sogħla, iġġiegħel il-larinġi jew il-ġewwieni tal-vokali tiegħek

swell, which impacts your voice.

jintefħu, u dan ikollu impatt fuq il-vuċi tiegħek.

So, with a cough, you might have a pain in your chest or a heaviness

Allura, b'sogħla, jista 'jkollok uġigħ f'sidrek jew toqol

on your chest, feeling like there's a weight on your chest.

fuq sidru, tħossok qisu hemm piż fuq sidru.

Your chest might be tight.

Sidirek jista 'jkun issikkat.

So we talk about having a tight chest when you breathe, but it's hard to breathe.

Allura nitkellmu dwar li jkollok sider issikkat meta tieħu n-nifs, iżda huwa diffiċli li tieħu n-nifs.

If you have a cough, we can describe it in multiple ways.

Jekk għandek sogħla, nistgħu niddeskrivuha b'diversi modi.

You might say, I've got a chesty cough.

Tista’ tgħid, għandi sogħla bis-sider.

That's when your cough...

Dak huwa meta sogħla tiegħek...

how would you describe a chesty cough, when it rattles in your chest when you

kif tiddeskrivi sogħla fis-sider, meta sogħla fis-sider tiegħek meta

cough, rather than just being a throaty...

sogħla, aktar milli sempliċiment tkun gerżuma...

that's a throaty cough.

dik hija sogħla gerżuma.

Yeah.

Iva.

That's more of a chesty cough.

Dan huwa aktar ta 'sogħla fis-sider.

I don't know if you could hear that difference.

Ma nafx jekk tistax tisma' dik id-differenza.

We talk about having a dry cough, and that's when there's no movement of mucus.

Nitkellmu dwar li jkollok sogħla xotta, u dak meta ma jkun hemm l-ebda moviment ta 'mukus.

You're just coughing.

Inti biss sogħla.

It's more throaty.

Huwa aktar gerżuma.

Whereas if there's a movement of mucus when you cough, we'd

Billi jekk ikun hemm moviment tal-mukus meta sogħla, insejħuha

call that a phlegmy cough.

sogħla flegmy.

Or you might say, I'm coughing up phlegm.

Jew tista 'tgħid, jien sogħla up phlegm.

If your cough produces mucus.

Jekk is-sogħla tiegħek tipproduċi mukus.

Which is a bit gross.

Li huwa daqsxejn gross.

Also, phlegm has got a really unusual spelling, if I'm correct, it's

Ukoll, phlegm għandha ortografija verament mhux tas-soltu, jekk jien korrett, huwa

spelled P-H-L-E-G-M, when really it should just be spelled F-L-E-M.

spetlet PHLEGM, meta verament għandu jiġi spetifikat FLEM.

That would be sensible, wouldn't it?

Dan ikun sensibbli, hux?

But no, a lot of medical terms are quite difficult to write, so you might

Imma le, ħafna termini mediċi huma pjuttost diffiċli biex tikteb, għalhekk jista '

have a mucusy cough or a phlegmy cough, and some people will have a wheeze.

jkollok sogħla mukuża jew sogħla phlegmy, u xi nies ikollhom tħarħir.

Or a wheezy cough to wheeze is this kind of extended escape of air sound.

Jew sogħla tħarħir għal tħarħir hija dan it-tip ta 'ħarba estiża tal-ħoss tal-arja.

It sounds like this...

Jidher bħal dan...

So, if you're coughing...

Mela, jekk qed sogħla...

Yeah.

Oh gosh. That's made me lightheaded.

Iva.

Oh gosh. Dak għamilni ħfief.

Oh gosh.

Woo.

Oh gosh.

Woo.

If you have a wheezy cough, it might be because you've got asthma,

Jekk għandek sogħla tħarħir, jista 'jkun minħabba li inti ħadthom ażżma,

oh, I'm really lightheaded now.

oh, jien verament lightheaded issa.

It may be asthma-related or it might just be the type of infection that you've got

Jista 'jkun relatat mal-ażma jew jista' jkun biss it-tip ta 'infezzjoni li inti ħadthom qed iġġiegħlek

is causing you to have a wheezy cough.

ikollok sogħla tħarħir.

Now sometimes you feel the cough coming and it tickles you in your

Issa ġieli tħoss is-sogħla ġejja u tħakkek f’griżmek

throat or it tickles your chest.

jew tħakkek sidirek.

And if it's not an appropriate time for you to cough, you might

U jekk ma jkunx żmien xieraq biex sogħla, tista

try and suppress that cough.

’ tipprova trażżan dik is-sogħla.

You might try and swallow the tickle.

Inti tista 'tipprova tibla' l-tickle.

Oh, I've got a bit of a tickle in my throat.

Oh, jien sibt daqsxejn ta 'tickle fil-gerżuma tiegħi.

Hang on.

Żomm.

I just need to have a drink of water because I've got a tickle.

Għandi biss bżonn nieħu tixrob ilma għax għandi tickle.

But if you suppress that cough for too long.

Imma jekk irażżan dik is-sogħla għal żmien twil wisq.

You suppress that tickle, then it could end up leading to a coughing fit where

Trażżan dik it-tickle, allura tista’ tispiċċa twassal għal daqqa ta’ sogħla fejn

you've suppressed it, suppressed it, suppressed it, and then it just explodes

tkun irażżnuha, irażżnuha, irażżnuha, u mbagħad biss tisplodi

and people often go red, I start sweating and you're just coughing uncontrollably.

u n-nies spiss joħorġu ħomor, nibda nagħmel għaraq u int qed sogħla bla kontroll.

That is a coughing fit.

Dan huwa sogħla fit.

A fit in medical terms is usually a spasm or what's the word?

A fit-termini mediċi huwa normalment spażmu jew x'inhi l-kelma?

A seizure.

Qbid.

A seizure, it came to me a seizure.

A sekwestru, wasal lili a sekwestru.

So in medical terms, a fit would be a seizure.

Allura f'termini mediċi, kundizzjoni tkun attakk.

So if you say I had a fit in medical terms, you'd often hear I had a seizure.

Mela jekk tgħid li kelli kundizzjoni medika f’termini mediċi, spiss tisma’ li kelli aċċessjoni.

You wouldn't say I had a coughing seizure, because it's not really a seizure,

Ma tgħidx li kelli attakk tas-sogħla, għax mhux verament attakk,

it's just uncontrollable coughing.

hija biss sogħla bla kontroll.

So we'd say a coughing fit.

Allura ngħidu daqqa ta’ sogħla.

The last symptom that you are likely to experience when you have a cold

L-aħħar sintomu li x'aktarx tesperjenza meta jkollok riħ

is to be quite tired, but not in a way where you need to go to sleep.

huwa li tkun għajjien pjuttost, iżda mhux b'mod fejn ikollok bżonn tmur torqod.

Just that you are lacking energy.

Biss li inti nieqes mill-enerġija.

A great word to describe this lack of energy is to be lethargic.

Kelma kbira biex tiddeskrivi dan in-nuqqas ta 'enerġija hija li tkun letarġiku.

To be lethargic.

Li tkun letarġiku.

I feel lethargic or I am quite lethargic.

Inħossni letarġiku jew jien pjuttost letarġiku.

Okay, so to be lethargic is to lack energy to do things.

Tajjeb, allura li tkun letarġiku huwa li jonqos l-enerġija biex tagħmel l-affarijiet.

And yesterday I was really lethargic.

U lbieraħ kont tassew letarġiku.

I really struggled to function and perform my basic tasks because

Verament tħabtu biex niffunzjona u nwettaq il-kompiti bażiċi tiegħi minħabba

of how my cold was affecting me.

kif il-kesħa tiegħi kienet qed taffettwani.

And last night I had a lot of trouble sleeping.

U lbieraħ filgħaxija kelli ħafna problemi biex torqod.

I couldn't fall asleep because I was too warm.

Ma stajtx torqod għax kont sħun wisq.

I had this pressure in my head, I had a headache, the congestion in my face

Kelli din il-pressjoni f'rasi, kelli uġigħ ta' ras, il-konġestjoni f'wiċċi

was making it hard to breathe and it was just very difficult for me to nod off.

kienet qed tagħmilha diffiċli biex tieħu n-nifs u kien diffiċli ħafna għalija li nod off.

Okay.

Okay.

All right.

So what I'm gonna do now is give you how many, five nice phrases,

Kollox sew.

Allura dak li se nagħmel issa hu li nagħtikom kemm, ħames frażijiet sbieħ,

nice common phrases that you might use to describe how you are feeling

frażijiet sbieħ komuni li tista’ tuża biex tiddeskrivi kif qed tħossok

when you're feeling a bit rough.

meta tkun qed tħossok daqsxejn aħrax.

Apart from the first one, which just describes that kind, of

Apparti l-ewwel waħda, li tiddeskrivi biss dak it-tip, ta '

kind of catch in your throat.

tip ta' qabda fil-gerżuma tiegħek.

So if you start speaking and you're a bit croaky and you need to cough, to

Mela jekk tibda titkellem u tkun daqsxejn skużat u jkollok bżonn sogħla, biex

clear away that mucus or whatever it is that's affecting your voice, that's

tneħħi dak il-mukus jew dak li jkun li qed jaffettwa leħnek, dak li jissejjaħ li

called having a frog in your throat.

jkollok żrinġ f’gerżuma.

Okay.

So you're just talking and then suddenly something comes in your, sorry, I

Okay.

Mela qed titkellem u mbagħad f'daqqa waħda tidħol xi ħaġa ġo tiegħek, skużani, għandi

have, I have a frog in my throat.

, għandi żrinġ f'gerżuma.

I don't know what happened there.

Ma nafx x’ġara hemmhekk.

So whenever there's mucus or something that impacts your voice

Mela kull meta jkun hemm mukus jew xi ħaġa li tħalli impatt fuq il-vuċi tiegħek

and can be coughed away, then you'd say, I have a frog in my throat.

u tista’ tiġi sogħla, allura tgħid, għandi żrinġ f’gerżuma.

Okay, the next phrase is to be a little worse for wear.

Okay, il-frażi li jmiss hija li tkun ftit agħar għall-ilbies.

Oh, I'm a little worse for wear.

Oh, jien ftit agħar għall-ilbies.

You can describe an object as being worse for wear as well as yourself.

Tista' tiddeskrivi oġġett bħala agħar għall-ilbies kif ukoll lilek innifsek.

If you are worse for wear this is when something or someone is in

Jekk inti agħar għall-ilbies dan huwa meta xi ħaġa jew xi ħadd ikun f'kundizzjoni

a bad condition because of use.

ħażina minħabba l-użu.

So if I take an old phone case.

Mela jekk nieħu każ tat-telefon antik.

So if my phone case has been used, like my phone case is a little worse for wear,

Mela jekk il-każ tat-telefon tiegħi intuża, bħall-każ tat-telefon tiegħi huwa ftit agħar għall-ilbies,

you can see it's got a lot of marks on it.

tista 'tara li għandha ħafna marki fuqha.

It's got this circular mark on it from where I had something

Għandu din il-marka ċirkolari fuqha minn fejn kelli xi ħaġa

stuck to it for a while.

mwaħħla magħha għal xi żmien.

The edges are a bit bashed.

It-truf huma daqsxejn bashed.

I mean, it's not that bad.

Jiġifieri, mhux daqshekk ħażin.

This bit at the end doesn't stick in properly for you.

Din il-bit fl-aħħar ma twaħħalx sewwa għalik.

Can you see that this pops out?

Tista' tara li dan joħroġ?

It doesn't stick in properly anymore.

Ma jeħelx sew aktar.

That's a dust, like, protector.

Dak huwa trab, bħal, protettur.

Oh, can't breathe.

Oh, ma tistax tieħu n-nifs.

Hang on.

Żomm.

Ugh.

Yeah, so my phone case is a little worse for wear.

Ugh.

Iva, allura l-każ tat-telefon tiegħi huwa ftit agħar għall-ilbies.

It's not horrendous, but it's a little worse for wear.

Mhuwiex orribbli, iżda huwa ftit agħar għall-ilbies.

I've used it a lot and therefore it's in a worse condition because of all the use.

Użajtha ħafna u għalhekk tinsab f'kundizzjoni agħar minħabba l-użu kollu.

Now, I describe myself as being a little worse for wear if I'd been working

Issa, niddeskrivi lili nnifsi bħala ftit agħar għall-ilbies jekk kont qed naħdem

really hard and I was tired for it.

ħafna u kont għajjien għaliha.

But more often it's if I've been out partying.

Imma aktar spiss ikun jekk kont ilni nagħmel festa.

So if last night I stayed out until three o'clock in the morning, not even drinking.

Mela jekk ilbieraħ filgħaxija bqajt barra sat-tlieta ta’ filgħodu, lanqas nixrob.

It's not even about being hungover.

Huwa lanqas biss dwar li tkun hungover.

This is just about, you know, I was out late, I didn't go to bed

Dan huwa biss, tafu, kont barra tard, ma mortx torqod

when I should have gone to bed.

meta kelli mmur torqod.

I was dancing.

Kont qed niżfen.

I was just like jumping around and being very silly with my body,

Kont qisni naqbeż u nkun iblah ħafna ma’ ġismi,

and this morning I feel rough.

u dalgħodu nħossni mhux maħdum.

I feel tired.

Inħossni għajjien.

My body's sore.

Ġismi fil-griżmejn.

I'm really aching from all the movements and everything I was

Jien tassew uġigħ mill-movimenti kollha u minn dak kollu li kont

doing, and I've got a headache.

nagħmel, u sibt uġigħ ta’ ras.

So if you ask me how I'm feeling this morning, I'd say, "oh, I'm a

Mela jekk tistaqsini kif inħossni dalgħodu, jien ngħid, "oh, jien ftit

little worse for wear to be honest."

agħar għal xedd biex inkun onest."

"Why?

"Għaliex?

What were you doing last night?"

X'kont tagħmel ilbieraħ filgħaxija?"

"Well, I was out very late, so I was being very silly.

"Tajjeb, kont noħroġ tard ħafna, allura kont qed inkun iblah ħafna.

I was at a party and then I couldn't leave, so I'm a little

Kont f'party u mbagħad ma stajtx nitlaq, għalhekk jien ftit

worse for wear this morning."

agħar għall-ilbies dalgħodu."

Okay.

Okay.

The next phrase is very common.

Il-frażi li jmiss hija komuni ħafna.

This is a phrasal verb to be run down, to be run down.

Dan huwa phrasal verb to be run down, to be run down.

If you are run down, then you are just generally feeling unwell or

Jekk inti mnikket, allura inti biss ġeneralment tħossok ma tiflaħx jew

extremely tired and not so great.

estremament għajjien u mhux daqshekk kbir.

Like your energy levels might be down.

Bħall-livelli tal-enerġija tiegħek jistgħu jkunu baxxi.

Maybe you've got a few symptoms and ailments.

Forsi għandek ftit sintomi u mard.

It doesn't mean that you're ill.

Ma jfissirx li int marid.

You're just not feeling your best.

Inti sempliċiment ma tħossokx aħjar tiegħek.

So for example, when I work too hard and I don't get much sleep and I'm

Mela per eżempju, meta naħdem iebes wisq u ma jorqodx wisq u nkun

stressed, then I get quite run down.

stressat, allura niġi pjuttost imżejjed.

And when I'm run down, I get spots on my face.

U meta nkun imnikket, inġib it-tikek fuq wiċċi.

My skin is bad.

Ġilda tiegħi hija ħażina.

I tend to have headaches maybe because I'm not drinking enough water

Għandi tendenza li jkolli uġigħ ta’ ras forsi għax mhux qed nixrob biżżejjed ilma

because I'm busy and I'm stressed.

għax inkun okkupat u stressat.

I tend to get ulcers on my tongue.

Għandi tendenza li jkolli ulċeri fuq ilsieni.

And, you know, I sometimes get like patches of psoriasis, so dry skin patches

U, tafu, kultant niġi bħal irqajja ta 'psorjasi, għalhekk irqajja' tal-ġilda xotta

and things, and these tend to pop up when I'm stressed or overworked or tired.

u affarijiet, u dawn għandhom it-tendenza li jitfaċċaw meta nkun stressat jew xogħol żżejjed jew għajjien.

And so in that case, I'm not ill, but I am run down.

U allura f’dak il-każ, jien mhux marid, imma jien imnikket.

I'm not at my best, my energy levels aren't good.

Jien mhux fl-aqwa tiegħi, il-livelli tal-enerġija tiegħi mhumiex tajbin.

A few little symptoms and ailments are creeping in, and it's because I'm

Xi ftit sintomi żgħar u mard qed jitkaxkru, u huwa għaliex ma nkunx qed

not looking after myself very well.

tieħu ħsieb lili nnifsi tajjeb ħafna.

So I'm a bit run down.

Mela ninsab daqsxejn mimli.

If you go to the opposite end and you are really poorly and you really

Jekk tmur fit-tarf oppost u int verament ħażin u verament

don't feel very well, then you could say that you are at death's door.

ma tħossokx tajjeb, allura tista’ tgħid li qiegħed fil-bieb tal-mewt.

That you're knocking at the door of death saying, I think I'm ready to come in now.

Li qed tħabbat il-bieb tal-mewt tgħid, naħseb li lest nidħol issa.

I think I'm ready to die now.

Naħseb li lest li mmut issa.

We often use this actually to say that someone isn't that bad, so you say

Ħafna drabi nużaw dan fil-fatt biex ngħidu li xi ħadd mhux daqshekk ħażin, allura inti tgħid

"she's not at death's door or anything.

"mhix fil-bieb tal-mewt jew xejn.

She's ill, but she's not at death's door."

Hija marida, iżda mhix fil-bieb tal-mewt."

Or you might use it to suggest that you feel bad, but it's not something

Jew tista' tużaha biex tissuġġerixxi li tħossok ħażin, iżda mhix xi ħaġa

that you would use, like if someone is literally at death's door, if someone's

li tuża, bħal jekk xi ħadd ikun litteralment fil-bieb tal-mewt, jekk xi ħadd ikun

literally about to die from an illness that they've got, then it wouldn't

litteralment se jmut minn mard li jkollu, allura ma jkunx.

be appropriate to say, oh, maybe it would actually, maybe at a point later

ikun xieraq li ngħid, oh, forsi fil-fatt, forsi f'punt aktar tard

down the line when they've recovered.

fil-linja meta jkunu rkupraw.

So if I, let's say I'm involved in an accident and I lose a lot of blood, and

Mela jekk jien, ejja ngħidu li jien involut f’inċident u nitlef ħafna demm, u

I'm literally at the point where I might die because I've lost so much blood.

litteralment qiegħed fil-punt li nista’ mmut għax tlift tant demm.

And then I get a blood transfusion and My condition improves and I survive.

U mbagħad nieħu trasfużjoni tad-demm u l-kundizzjoni tiegħi titjieb u ngħix.

And now I'm okay and I'm telling the story.

U issa jien sew u qed nirrakkonta l-istorja.

"Oh, well, I mean, when I had the accident, I was really at death's door."

"Oh, tajjeb, ngħid, meta kelli l-inċident, kont verament fil-bieb tal-mewt."

"I was at death's door.

"Kont fil-bieb tal-mewt.

I nearly died from blood loss, but luckily I survived."

I kważi miet minn telf ta 'demm, iżda fortunatament I ħaj."

But if someone's like just about to die, it wouldn't be very appropriate to

Imma jekk xi ħadd ikun qisu se jmut, ma tantx ikun xieraq li

say that they're at death's door, maybe because it just feels a bit lighthearted.

ngħidu li qiegħed fil-bieb tal-mewt, forsi għax iħossu daqsxejn ħafif.

But if I have a bad cold and I'm in bed, I could say, "oh, I'm at death's door."

Imma jekk ikolli riħ ħażina u nkun fis-sodda, nista' ngħid, "oh, jien fil-bieb tal-mewt."

So, it's one of those funny phrases.

Allura, hija waħda minn dawk il-frażijiet umoristiċi.

A funny old phrase used in different ways.

Frażi antika umoristiċi użata b'modi differenti.

All right, last one is to be in a bad way.

Tajjeb, l-aħħar wieħed huwa li tkun b'mod ħażin.

To be in a bad way.

Li tkun b'mod ħażin.

You can use this to describe your emotional health as

Tista' tuża dan biex tiddeskrivi s-saħħa emozzjonali tiegħek kif

well as your physical health.

ukoll is-saħħa fiżika tiegħek.

So if you've had some bad news and you're not coping with that

Mela jekk kellek xi aħbar ħażina u m’intix qed tlaħħaq ma’ dik

bad news very well, because we all cope in different ways, don't we?

l-aħbar ħażina tajjeb ħafna, għax ilkoll inkampaw b’modi differenti, hux?

Sometimes we deal with bad news better than other times.

Xi drabi nittrattaw aħbar ħażina aħjar minn drabi oħra.

So if you're not dealing with it very well, if I ask you, are you okay?

Mela jekk m'intix qed tittrattaha tajjeb ħafna, jekk nistaqsik, int tajjeb?

You say "no, I'm in a bad way, to be honest.

Tgħid "le, jien f'mod ħażin, biex inkun onest.

I'm really struggling.

Jien verament nissara.

I'm in a bad way."

Jien f'mod ħażin."

Or if I come off my bike, I'm cycling to work and I fall off my bike and

Jew jekk ninżel bir-rota, qed nirċikja għax-xogħol u naqa’ minn fuq ir-rota u

I've really bashed myself quite badly.

verament bqajt lili nnifsi pjuttost ħażin.

I've broken my ankle, I've damaged some nerves in my elbow, and I've

Ksirtt l-għaksa, għamilt ħsara lil xi nervituri fil-minkeb, u sibt

got some cuts that required stitches.

xi qatgħat li kienu jeħtieġu ponti.

Then I could say, "Yeah, I came off my bike and I'm in a bad way.

Imbagħad stajt ngħid, "Iva, ħriġt bir-rota u qiegħed f'mod ħażin.

I didn't come out of it very well at all.

Ma ħriġtx tajjeb ħafna minnha.

I'm in quite a bad way.

Jien f'mod pjuttost ħażin.

A lot of injuries.

Ħafna injuries.

I'm struggling."

I qed nissielet."

Ah, okay.

Ah, okay.

Well, I'm glad to report that I'm not in a bad way right now.

Tajjeb, jien kuntent li nirrapporta li m'iniex f'mod ħażin bħalissa.

I'm on the up, I'm improving.

Jien fuq l-up, jien titjib.

Hopefully this congestion will clear soon and I can start recording

Nisperaw li din il-konġestjoni tiċċara dalwaqt u nista' nibda nirrekordja

podcast episodes where I sound normal.

episodji tal-podcast fejn inħoss normali.

So just to recap very quickly those phrases.

Allura biex terġa 'lura malajr ħafna dawk il-frażijiet.

We had a frog in the throat, to have a frog in your throat, to be a little worse

Kellna żrinġ fil-griżmejn, li jkollok żrinġ f’griżmek, li tkun xi ftit agħar

for wear, to be generally run down, to be at death's door or to be in a bad way.

għall-ilbies, li tkun ġeneralment imżejjen, li tkun fil-bieb tal-mewt jew li tkun b’mod ħażin.

I do hope that you are feeling okay and that you're not listening to this

Nittama li qed tħossok tajjeb u li m'intix qed tisma' dan

while blowing your nose and sticking your head over a, a steamy bowl of

waqt li jonfoħ imnieħrek u twaħħal rasek fuq, skutella ta'

hot water, feeling sorry for yourself.

ilma sħun bil-fwar, tħossok sorry għalik innifsek.

And if you are, then I hope you feel better very soon.

U jekk int, allura nispera li tħossok aħjar malajr ħafna.

Okay.

Okay.

If you found this useful, then it would be wonderful if you

Jekk sibt dan utli, allura jkun wunderbare jekk inti

could give it a rating or review.

tista 'tagħtiha klassifikazzjoni jew reviżjoni.

Remember to subscribe so that I can tickle your eardrums again in the

Ftakar li tabbona sabiex inkun nista' nerġa' nerġa' nerġa' ngħaqqad il-widnejn tiegħek

future with a better voice, hopefully.

b'vuċi aħjar, nisperaw.

Until then, do take care and goodbye.

Sa dakinhar, ħu ħsieb u addiju.