Do you say "I am cold" or "I have a cold"?

Hi, this is Greg from OnlineLanguageAcademy.com and in this video I am going to teach you two very useful expressions for this time of the year. So, keep watching!

Right, it's the time of the year of giving gifts to people and I want to give you an eBook that I've written. And, all you have to do is to click the link in the description to get it .

So that is my present from me to you. Now, it's the season of giving and my wife has given me... a cold.  

My wife has given me a cold. Now, let me explain this very useful expression for this time of year. But in order to explain it let me tell you the difference between I have cold and I am cold.  

If I say I am cold, it's the opposite of I am hot. If I am cold... brrrr... I go brrrr.... like this. The temperature is very low and I am cold.

I have a cold. This is what I want to say now. I have  a cold. My wife gave a me cold. And now, I have a cold. In other words. I spend a lot of the day going achooo..achooo, blowing my nose, and not feeling very good.  

So, my wife gave me a cold. I hope I don't give my cold to my daughter.  

One of the benefits of having classes via Skype, is that, from my point of view, is my students never give me a cold or the flu. And these days I am not going to give my cold to my students.

So, it is a super benefit of classes via Skype that not many people talk about. But I always think of that benefit around this time of the year.  

So, the're you go! Two very useful expressions. I have a cold, and my wife gave it to me / my friend gave it to me. And I hope I don't give it to you. So, your give an illness to someone. You give a contagious illness to someone.

Okay, so I am not going to give you my cold even if you're my student via Skype. I'm not going to give you my cold. But I will give you my FREE eBook by clicking the link below. And I hope that's a much better present than a cold would be.

Thank you for watching this short video. I'm going to have a cup of tea now to see it helps me feel a bit better. And I hope in the next video, I'm feeling a bit better too.

Thanks for watching and bye for now!