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edmondjanet

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I feel urination.
Is this correct sentence?
 

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I feel like I have to urinate.

I have to urinate.

urinate = verb

urination = noun
urine - noun, adj.

His urination showed he had a urine infection.
 

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I feel urination.
Is this correct sentence?
No. If you mean you feel the urge to urinate:
I'm about to burst.
I need a toilet/loo/potty break.
I have to answer the call of nature.

Less polite:
I need to take a leak; I have to piss;
 

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I feel like I have to urinate.

I have to urinate.

urinate = verb

urination = noun
urine - noun, adj.

His urination showed he had a urine infection.
It's the urine, (not the urination,) that would show that he had a urinary tract infection.
 

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Oops! yes, you are correct rique.

Try this:

Urination became difficult for him so he went to the doctor.
 

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I will tell you this...no one typically expresses this unless they know the people they're talking to. Then, assuming it's ok to say, we would *not* say "I need to urinate" -- that sounds like you're talking to a doctor.

We would say:
"I need to pee"
"I need to go"
"I'm about to burst"
"I need to see a man about a horse"...ok, that's a colloquialism in my part of the world :)

Not a teacher, AmE native
 

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"I need to see a man about a horse"...ok, that's a colloquialism in my part of the world

It's 'I need to see a man about a dog' in mine.

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I've heard people intending to be humorous say

My back teeth are floating away.
 

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It's 'I need to see a man about a dog' in mine.

Rover

And in my very limited part of the world, it's the Shakespearian euphemism - 'I will but look upon the hedge and follow thee' (Autolycus in The Winter's Tale). ;-)

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My grandfather (now that is going back) used to 'strain his taters' (potatoes)
 
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