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Tengo mucha hambre.

I'm really hungry.

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Why every word is where it is

Tengo1verbI havetener · present · 1st sing.mucha2determinermuchmucho · fem. · sing.hambre2nounhungerfem. · sing..

Word for word: “I have much hunger.”

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Hunger is something you have: tengo hambre = I'm hungry. Tener: possession, age, sensations, tener que →
2
hambre is feminine, so "very" is mucha. (It takes el in the singular, like el agua.) Quantifiers: muy, mucho, poco, bastante, demasiado →