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10-14-2011, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by elloimangel View Post
how many variations are there of 'i'm so sleepy?

difference between nemui, nemuru, nemurutai & nemu?
I say 眠い(ねむい/nemui) or すごく/とても眠い(sugoku/totemo nemui), but I don't say nemurutai.

nemuru=to sleep.
namuri-tai (not nemuru-tai)=(I) want to sleep.

I often say 'ねむたいnemutai' 'ねむっ!nemu!' etc. but I think they're colloquial. (It's more colloquial with 'た/ta'.)
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