feeling cold?

[hitesh70]

Suppose I am out somewhere and its really cold out there.
I want to ask my brother how do i ask?

- Are you feeling cold?

I know there is another word for that sentence. What is the more practice way to say that?

 

[emsr2d2]

Suppose I am out somewhere and it's really cold out there.
I want to ask my brother if he is cold. How do I ask?

- Are you feeling cold?

I know there is another word for that sentence. This doesn't make sense.

What is [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] a more [STRIKE]practice[/STRIKE] natural way to say that?

It is more natural to simply say "Are you cold?"

 

[Winwin2011]

It is more natural to simply say "Are you cold?"

Hi ems,

Is it natural to say "Do you feel cold"?

ems, I hope you have a happy new year.

 

[Barb_D]

To repeat the advice already given, it is more natural to say "Are you cold?"

 

[Winwin2011]

To repeat the advice already given, it is more natural to say "Are you cold?"

Thanks.

Barb_D, I hope you have a happy new year.

 

[hitesh70]

so what is the answer? ... " are you cold? " it doesn't make any sense.

 

[Barb_D]

so what is the answer? ... " are you cold? " it doesn't make any sense.

I'm not sure why you think "Are you cold?" does not make sense.

It is exactly how we ask these things.

 

[JarekSteliga]

To repeat the advice already given, it is more natural to say "Are you cold?"

NOT A TEACHER

I suppose for a learner this opens up a loophole for ambiguity as in this example:

Is it possible that you are as cold as they say your are?

In this question, "Is this cold?" I understand an equiry is made about the termperature of an object under discussion. So by analogy, a question, "are you cold?" sounds to a learner like an enquiry about someone's body temperature.

I will now know better. I am grateful both to hitsh70 for asking the question and to teachers for answering it.

 

[BobK]

You can avoid that problem my asking 'Do you feel cold?' - often followed by the set phrase 'or is it just me?'

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