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Bored – General Phrases; Day: 55

Bored – General Phrases

āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻŖā§āĻŖ, āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻ¸ – āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ

Being bored means having nothing to do. When someone is bored, they often call people and try to entertain themselves or try to find something to do with a friend. So being bored is a good starting point for conversational English.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻļāĻ‡ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•ā§‡āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĢā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‹āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāĻ¨āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛āĻ• āĻ‡āĻ‚āĻ°ā§‡āĻœāĻŋāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§‚āĻšāĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĨ¤

There are a couple of situations you can express to someone that you are bored. Most commonly, you will call a friend and tell them that you are bored or ask them to do something together. The other time is when someone asks you how you are doing. We will cover both situations in this session.

āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ‡ āĻ…āĻ§āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ  āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

General Phrases

āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ

“I’m dying from boredom.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I hate being bored.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ˜ā§ƒāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I don’t have anything to do.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“My life is so boring.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ°āĨ¤”

“Life is so boring.”

“āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ°āĨ¤”

“I’m just watching TV until I find something to do.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ–ā§āĻāĻœā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I was bored all weekend.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

“I am so bored today.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻœ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤”

“I get bored very easily.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻšāĻœā§‡āĻ‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤”

“I get bored all the time.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ‡āĨ¤”

A common place to get bored is when you have to visit family members.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻœāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

“It’s always boring whenever we go to our relatives.”

“āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€āĻ¯āĻŧāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‡ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ°āĨ¤”

“It’s nice to visit my grandmother, but it gets boring after a couple of hours.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§€āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ•āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ• āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“My cousins are so boring. All they do is watch tv.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ°āĻž āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ°āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĨ¤”

“There’s nothing to do in the country side. I’m always bored there.”

“āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‡āĻĄā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ‡āĨ¤”

If you think you are a boring person, here is a way to say that you are boring.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

“I think I’m a little boring.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ°āĨ¤”

“I’m a boring person.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĨ¤”

Boring can be used to describe someone.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

“He is a boring person.”

“āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤”

“His personality is very boring.”

“āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ°āĨ¤”

“It’s boring whenever she’s around.”

“āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ†āĻļā§‡āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ°āĨ¤”

Using bored to answer a question is very common. Here are some general questions that someone might ask.

āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ–ā§āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

“How was your trip?”

“āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž?”

“How was your vacation?”

“āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“How was your weekend?”

“āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ• āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“How was the lecture?”

“āĻŦāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“How was the class?”

“āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“How was the game?”

“āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻŸāĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

Any of these types of questions can be answered with a simple answer.

āĻāĻ‡ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ°āĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻšāĻœ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

“It was pretty boring.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”

“It was boring. I didn’t do much.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤”

“It wasn’t as fun as I thought. It was a little boring.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŸāĻž āĻŽāĻœāĻž āĻ­ā§‡āĻŦā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¤āĻ¤āĻŸāĻž āĻŽāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤”

“I was bored most of the time.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋāĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”

“Because it was disorganized, we had too much extra time. I was bored during our free time.”

“āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ—ā§‹āĻ›āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”