Word
Cuando me siento cansado, sé que hay que hacer una pausa corta para respirar profundo.
Meaning
When I feel tired, I know you have to take a short break to breathe deeply.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of Cuando me siento cansado, sé que hay que hacer una pausa corta para respirar profundo.
yo
I
que
that
cuando
when
sentirse
to feel
Questions & Answers about Cuando me siento cansado, sé que hay que hacer una pausa corta para respirar profundo.
Why is it me siento cansado and not estoy cansado?
Both are correct, but they’re not identical in nuance.
- Estoy cansado = I am tired (a simple state, just describing how you are).
- Me siento cansado = I feel tired (focuses more on your subjective feeling, what you perceive in your body/mind).
In many contexts you could swap them, but me siento cansado sounds closer to “I can feel that I’m tired” or “I feel tired,” which fits well with the idea of noticing you need a break.
If a woman is speaking, should it be me siento cansado or me siento cansada?
With sentirse + adjective, the adjective must agree in gender and number with the person speaking:
- A man: Me siento cansado.
- A woman: Me siento cansada.
- Several men / mixed group: Nos sentimos cansados.
- Several women: Nos sentimos cansadas.
So a female speaker would say me siento cansada in this sentence.
What’s the difference between sentir and sentirse? Doesn’t sentir also mean “I’m sorry”?