"I seek the SACRED TICKET, forged in the HEART of the MOUNTAIN, that shall GRANT me passage through the VEIL of WORLDS!" — What they actually said

Lost in TranslationN5

What you thought they said

I seek the SACRED TICKET, forged in the HEART of the MOUNTAIN, that shall GRANT me passage through the VEIL of WORLDS!

What they actually said

I want to buy a ticket.

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I want to buy a ticket.

Neutral

切符(きっぷ)を買(か)いたいです。

Casual

切符(きっぷ)、買買(か)たい。

Vocabulary

切符ticket買いたいwant to buy (tai-form of 買う)ですis (polite copula)

Grammar

〜たいexpresses the speaker's desire — 'want to do X'〜をdirect object marker

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