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Originally Posted by masaegu
This is read 「ねたい」 and, at least around Tokyo, it usually means somethng I cannot say here. "Wanna xxxx you/her."
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'I need sleep'... I'd say「寝なきゃ(nenakya)」「寝ないと(nenai-to)」「寝なくちゃ(nenakucha)」or maybe「寝なくっちゃ(nenakuccha; might sound a bit childish...maybe)」. These are all contracted forms of 寝なくてはいけない(nenakutewa-ikenai). But I always say 寝なアカン(nena-akan) or 寝な(nena, in a falling tone) because...I speak Kansai dialect.
寝たい(Netai) as 'I want to sleep' might be OK only when you use it as part of longer sentences, like・・・「もうそろそろ寝たいんですけど。」「寝た と思っているのに、目がさえて・・・。」「早く寝た けど、まだ宿題がある。」etc.