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I am sad

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Amharic አማርኛ am
አዝኛለሁ (Aznalehu)
Az-na-leh-hoo

A direct way to express sadness in Amharic.

Arabic العربية ar
أنا حزين (ʾanā ḥazīn) (masculine) / أنا حزينة (ʾanā ḥazīna) (feminine)
Ah-NAH ha-ZEEN (masculine) / Ah-NAH ha-ZEE-nah (feminine)

The form changes depending on the speaker's gender; use 'ḥazīn' if you are male and 'ḥazīna' if you are female.

Bangla বাংলা bn
আমি দুঃখিত (Ami dukkhito)
Ah-mee dook-khee-to

A common way to express sadness in Bengali.

Catalan català ca
Estic trist
Es-teek treest

A common and direct way to express sadness in Catalan.

Czech čeština cs
Je mi smutno
Yeh mee SMOOT-no

A common and natural way to express sadness in Czech.

Danish dansk da
Jeg er ked af det
Yay air ked ah deh

A common way to express sadness in Danish.

German Deutsch de
Ich bin traurig
Ich bin TROW-rig

Use this to express sadness; it's generally appropriate in most situations.

Greek Ελληνικά el
Είμαι λυπημένος (Eímai lipiménos) (masculine) / Είμαι λυπημένη (Eímai lipiméni) (feminine)
EE-meh lee-pee-ME-nos (masculine) / EE-meh lee-pee-ME-nee (feminine)

Use the masculine form if you are male, and the feminine form if you are female.

Spanish Español es
Estoy triste
Es-toy TREE-stay

Use this phrase to express sadness in any situation, from personal feelings to reacting to bad news.

Estonian eesti et
Ma olen kurb
Ma o-len koorb

A common way to express sadness in Estonian.

Basque Basque eu
Triste nago
Trees-teh NA-go

A common way to express sadness in Basque.

Persian فارسی fa
من غمگین هستم (man qamgin hastam)
Man gam-GEEN has-TAM

A direct and common way to express sadness in Persian.

Finnish suomi fi
Olen surullinen
O-len su-rul-li-nen

A common and direct way to express sadness in Finnish.

French Français fr
Je suis triste
Juh swee TREEST

This is a straightforward expression of sadness, suitable for most contexts.

Galician Galician gl
Estou triste
Es-TOH TREE-steh

A standard way to express sadness in Galician.

Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu
હું દુઃખી છું (Hun dukhi chhu)
Hun doo-khee chhoo

A common way to express sadness in Gujarati.

Hausa Hausa ha
Ina baƙin ciki
Ee-na ba-kin chi-kee

A common way to express sadness in Hausa.

Hebrew עברית he
אני עצוב (ani atzuv) (masculine) / אני עצובה (ani atzuvah) (feminine)
Ah-NEE ah-TZUV (masculine) / Ah-NEE ah-tzoo-VAH (feminine)

The form changes depending on the speaker's gender; use 'atzuv' if you are male and 'atzuvah' if you are female.

Hindi हिन्दी hi
मैं उदास हूँ (mai udaas hoon)
Mai oo-DAAS hoon

A standard way to express sadness in Hindi.

Hungarian magyar hu
Szomorú vagyok
So-mo-ROO va-dyok

A direct way to express sadness in Hungarian.

Indonesian Indonesia id
Saya sedih
Sa-yah se-DEE

A common and straightforward way to express sadness in Indonesian.

Icelandic Icelandic is
Ég er leið
Yeg er leith

A common way to express sadness in Icelandic.

Italian Italiano it
Sono triste
SO-no TREE-steh

A common and direct way to express sadness.

Japanese 日本語 ja
私は悲しいです (Watashi wa kanashii desu)
Wa-ta-shi wa ka-na-shii desu

Use the formal version in most situations; 'kanashii' alone is more casual.

Korean 한국어 ko
저는 슬퍼요 (Jeoneun seulpeoyo)
Jeo-neun seul-peo-yo

Use the formal version in most situations; 'seulpeo' is more casual.

Lithuanian lietuvių lt
Man liūdna
Man lee-ood-na

A common way to express sadness in Lithuanian.

Latvian latviešu lv
Man ir skumji
Man ir skoom-yee

A common way to express sadness in Latvian.

Marathi मराठी mr
मी दुःखी आहे (Mee dukhi aahe)
Mee doo-khee aa-hey

A standard way to express sadness in Marathi.

Malay Melayu ms
Saya sedih
Sa-yah se-DEE

A common and straightforward way to express sadness in Malay.

Dutch Nederlands nl
Ik ben verdrietig
Ik ben ver-DREET-ig

Use this to express sadness; it's a common and appropriate expression.

Norwegian norsk no
Jeg er lei meg
Yay air lay may

A common way to express sadness in Norwegian.

Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa
ਮੈਂ ਉਦਾਸ ਹਾਂ (Mai udaas haan)
Mai oo-daas haan

A standard way to express sadness in Punjabi.

Polish polski pl
Jest mi smutno
Yest mee SMOOT-no

A common and natural way to express sadness in Polish.

Portuguese Português pt
Estou triste
Eh-Shtoh TREE-shteh

A standard way to express sadness in Portuguese.

Romanian română ro
Sunt trist
Soont treest

A straightforward and common way to express sadness.

Russian русский ru
Мне грустно (Mne grustno)
Mnyeh GROOS-nah

This phrase literally means 'It is sad to me,' a common way to express sadness in Russian.

Swedish svenska sv
Jag är ledsen
Yag air LED-sen

A common and polite way to express sadness in Swedish.

Swahili Kiswahili sw
Ninasikitika
Nee-na-see-kee-tee-ka

A common and polite way to express sadness in Swahili.

Tamil தமிழ் ta
நான் சோகமாக இருக்கிறேன் (Naan sōgamāga irukkiren)
Naan so-ga-MA-ga i-ru-ki-ren

A standard way to express sadness in Tamil.

Telugu తెలుగు te
నాకు బాధగా ఉంది (Naaku baadagaa undi)
Naa-koo baa-da-gaa un-di

A common way to express sadness in Telugu.

Thai ไทย th
ฉันเสียใจ (chǎn sǐa jai) (female) / ผมเสียใจ (phǒm sǐa jai) (male)
Chan sia jai / Pom sia jai

The phrase literally means 'I have a sad heart'; use 'chan' if you are female, and 'phom' if you are male.

Filipino Filipino tl
Malungkot ako
Ma-lung-kot a-ko

A common and direct way to express sadness in Tagalog.

Turkish Türkçe tr
Üzgünüm
UZE-gyoo-num

A common and direct way to express sadness.

Ukrainian українська uk
Мені сумно (Meni sumno)
Meh-NEE SOOM-no

Similar to Russian, this phrase expresses sadness from a subjective perspective.

Urdu اردو ur
میں اداس ہوں (mai udaas hoon)
Mai oo-daas hoon

A standard way to express sadness in Urdu.

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi
Tôi buồn
Toy boon

A direct and common way to express sadness.

Yoruba Yoruba yo
Inú mi bàjẹ́
Ee-NOO mee ba-JEH

This phrase expresses sadness in Yoruba.

Chinese 中文 zh
我很难过 (Wǒ hěn nánguò)
Wo hen nan-gwo

This is a common and versatile way to express sadness in Mandarin.

zh-yue zh-yue zh-yue
我好唔開心 (ngo5 hou2 m4 hoi1 sam1)
Ngó hó m4 hōi sām

This phrase is a direct expression of sadness, commonly used in Cantonese.

Zulu Zulu zu
Nginovalo
N-gi-no-va-lo

A common way to express sadness in Zulu.

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