• Contramuffin@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    Close but not quite.

    Best translation is “I don’t want to go to work”

    Text: Kaisha ni ikitakunai

    Breakdown:

    Iku (to go) > ikitai (want to go) > ikitakunai (don’t want to go)

    In total: (To the office/workplace) (don’t want to go)

    “Didn’t have to go” might be translated as “do not have a need to go” (iku hitsuyou ga nai), so “I wish I didn’t have to go to work” might be translated as “kaisha ni iku hitsuyou ga nai to negaishimasu”

    (need to go to work) (there is not) (I pray/wish)