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10-14-2011, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by evanny View Post
寝なくちゃいけません。  i have to sleap.
Grammatical but extremely bookish. You would almost never hear anyone say it.

Quote:
寝たい。  i want to sleep.
This is read 「ねたい」 and, at least around Tokyo, it usually means somethng I cannot say here. "Wanna xxxx you/her."

It is 「眠(ねむ)たい」.
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As Sumippi stated, 「眠(ねむ)い」 is also very natural-sounding.


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