English Vocabulary - "I'M TIRED!"

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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