Questions & Answers about Ich bin heute ein bisschen krank.
German uses the verb sein (ich bin) with adjectives that describe a state or condition, like krank (ill), müde (tired), hungrig (hungry):
- Ich bin krank. – I am sick.
- Ich bin müde. – I am tired.
You do not say Ich habe krank in German.
So this is directly parallel to English I am sick, not I have sick.
In German, time expressions like heute often go:
subject – verb – time – (other information)
So:
- Ich (subject)
- bin (verb)
- heute (time)
- ein bisschen krank (how I am)
This is a very natural, neutral word order. You could also move heute to the beginning for emphasis (see next question), but you generally don’t place it at the very end in a short sentence like this.