I'm deaf

English

English phrasebook

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /aɪm ˈdɛf/

Phrase

I'm deaf

1. Indicates that one is deaf.

Translations

I'm deaf

• Arabic: أَنَا أَصَمّ m (ʔanā ʔaṣamm), أَنَا صَمَّاء f (ʔanā ṣammāʔ)
• Armenian: ես խուլ եմ (es xul em)
• Bikol Central: bungog ako
• Bulgarian: аз съм глух m (az sǎm gluh), аз съм глуха f (az sǎm gluha)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 我臭耳聾囉 / 我臭耳聋啰 (góa chhàu-hī-lâng--lo͘ / góa chhàu-hǐ-lâng--lo͘ / góa chhàu-hī-lâng--lo͘h / góa chhàu-hǐ-lâng--lo͘h / góa chhàu-hīⁿ-lâng--lo͘h), 我臭耳囉 / 我臭耳啰 (góa chhàu-hǐ--lo͘ / góa chhàu-hī--lo͘h)

  Mandarin: 我聾了 / 我聋了 (wǒ lóng le)

• Czech: jsem hluchý m, jsem hluchá f
• Danish: jeg er døv
• Dutch: ik ben doof
• Esperanto: mi estas surda
• Finnish: olen kuuro
• French: je suis sourd m, je suis sourde f
• Galician: son xordo m
• Georgian: ყრუ ვარ (q̇ru var)
• German: Ich bin taub
• Greek: είμαι κουφός (eímai koufós)
• Greenlandic: tusilarpunga
• Gujarati: હું બહેરો છું m (hũ bahero chũ), હું બહેરી છું f (hũ baherī chũ)
• Hebrew: אני חירש m (aní kherésh), אני חירשת f (aní kheréshet)
• Hungarian: (common but may be considered offensive) süket vagyok, (less common but PC) siket vagyok, ("I cannot hear") nem hallok
• Icelandic: ég er daufur, ég er heyrnarlaus
• Indonesian: saya tuna rungu
• Italian: sono sordo m, sono sorda f
• Japanese: 私は耳が聞こえません (わたしはみみがきこえません, watashi wa mimi ga kikoemasen)
• Khmer: ខ្ញុំថ្លង់ (khñomtlŭəng)
• Latvian: es esmu kurls m, es esmu kurla f
• Limburgish: ich bön douf, ich douver
• Lithuanian: aš kurčias m, aš kurčia f, aš esu kurčias m, aš esu kurčia f
• Low German:

  German Low German: ik bün doof

• Malay: saya tuli, saya pekak, saya congek
• Navajo: shijééhkał
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jeg er døv

  Nynorsk: eg er døv

• Ojibwe: ningagiibishe
• Polish: jestem głuchy m, jestem głucha f
• Portuguese: sou surdo m, sou surda f, eu sou surdo, eu sou surda
• Romanian: sunt surd m, sunt surdă f
• Russian: я глухо́й m (ja gluxój), я глуха́я f (ja gluxája)
• Spanish: soy sordo m, soy sorda f
• Swedish: jag är döv
• Tagalog: bingi ako
• Thai: ฉันหูหนวก (chăn hŏo nùak)
• Turkish: sağırım, işitme engelliyim
• Ukrainian: я глухи́й m (ja hluxýj), я глуха́ f (ja hluxá)
• Vietnamese: tôi điếc