[elloimangel]

Originally Posted by Sumippi

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'.)

then how would you say 'i need sleep' ?