Or should we just say "feel hungry" or "I'm hungry"?
2007-10-08 13:48:56 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I read some articles that uses the phrase "urge for hunger". I found it a bit awkward so I wondered if it is correct English to say "hungry" as such.
Here's a sample of the article: http://www.bookrags.com/essay-2006/1/18/143916/262
2007-10-08 13:59:41 · update #1
You feel an urge for food not hunger. Hunger is a state of being.... as in hungry, thirsty. You feel the urge for what will satisy the "urge" not the state the want puts you in. Does that make sense to you?
2007-10-08 13:52:48 · answer #1 · answered by Kimberlee Ann 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I´n my opinion "the urge for hunger" means "you desperately want to be hungry"or " you feel a desperate need to be hungry". A really scary thought. The best and easiest way is to say "I´m hungry", that explains everything.
2007-10-09 07:18:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you said "I feel the urge for hunger." I think you would be understood. However, it doesn't sound very natural and a fluent English speaker wouldn't say it. "The urge for hunger" makes it seems like you have the desire to become hungry, so it's not proper usage.
2007-10-08 13:52:56 · answer #3 · answered by Julianne X. 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would just say I'm hungry that makes more sense the one i feel the urge for hunger is not correct and i am not sure abou the other one
2007-10-08 13:51:45 · answer #4 · answered by whisper2ya 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"the urge for hunger" would mean that you want to feel hunger or you are looking to get hunger. That wouldn't actually make sense.
You feel hungry. You are hungry. I was hungry (but then I had dinner).
2007-10-08 13:52:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Neither is correct.
You should instead say "I feel hungry" or "I'm hungry" as you suggested, or "I feel the urge to eat" or "I have an urge to eat", or something similar.
2007-10-08 13:51:43 · answer #6 · answered by Stuey 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Urge OF hunger. You have the wrong preposition
2007-10-08 13:51:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
hunger in it self is an urge, so in effect, you'd be saying "i feel the urge for the urge to eat"
2007-10-08 13:51:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
In English? I'm hungry is fine.
2007-10-08 13:51:03 · answer #9 · answered by c'est la vie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i feel the urge to hunger?
it sounds correct
2007-10-08 13:53:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋