Can you say "ich bin hungrig?"
My German teacher at school told me that "ich habe Hunger" is the only correct way to say it. If so, why even have the word "hungrig" in the language?

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Can you say "ich bin hungrig?"
My German teacher at school told me that "ich habe Hunger" is the only correct way to say it.  If so, why even have the word "hungrig" in the language?

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Both are correct and we use either one or the other.
Ich habe Hunger. Ich bin hungrig.

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Siehe auch: http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/ich-bin-hungrig-ich-habe-hunger.1447306/