meaning - Difference between 我饿了 and 我很饿? - Chinese Language Stack Exchange I think that this is more a product of the fact that 我饿了 is something we don't commonly explicitly express in English We say "I am hungry" and let context and tone of voice determine whether this is some new information (I am hungry now) or merely the expression of a continuing state of affairs (I have been and continue to be hungry) I have become hungry (to stick with the present) may