The most common way to ask if someone is tired in Italian is to use a phrase are you tired? for a man or you are tired? for a woman.
are you tired? / you are tired?
are you tired?
The respective plurals are you are tired? (male or mixed groups) and you are tired? (for women).
As you may have guessed, Yes is the second-person singular conjugation of the verb (present tense) become meaning ‘become‘, However seven is the second person plural. Both translate to “you are” in English.Remember that subject pronouns do not need to be included you you you (you/all of you), since the subject is evident from the conjugation.
because exhausted is an adjective with -othe ending tells you whether the subject is masculine, feminine, singular or plural.
- exhausted = masculine singular
- tired = female singular
- tired = masculine plural
- tired = feminine plural
There are many possible responses to this sentence, including:
- Yes, I’m tired/tired. = Yes, I am tired.
- No, I’m not tired/tired. = No, I’m not tired.
- Yes, I am tired/tired. = Yes, I am really tired.
- Yes, I’m exhausted/exhausted. = Yes, I am exhausted.
- Yes, I’m exhausted/exhausted. = Yes, I am exhausted.
- Yes, I am destroyed/destroyed. = Yes, I am exhausted. (ignited. destroyed)
- Yes, I’m exhausted/exhausted. = Yes, I am exhausted.
- Yes, I’m exhausted/exhausted. = Yes, I am exhausted.
are you tired? – Yes, I’m exhausted. I just ran a 50km marathon!
are you tired? – Yes, I am exhausted. I just finished a 50k marathon.
