Wanting to say with 〜たい

Grammar Explanation: Wanting to do with 〜たい

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Watching Chiya play chess, Cocoa suggests a move can give Chiya “chest”.

千夜(ちや):: 「チェックメイトって言(い)いたいの？」; “Do you want to say'checkmate'?”; Literal: “Do you want to say 'checkmate'?”

Key Points

1言(い)いたい asks whether Chiya wants to say the phrase

言(い)う changes to the stem 言(い)い before たい.

2チェックメイトって marks the quoted words

って is the casual quotation marker.

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