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Wanting to say with 〜たい

Grammar Explanation: Wanting to do with 〜たい

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After Cocoa mistakenly suggests Chiya has gotten “chest” in chess, Chiya asks if she wants to say (meant to say) “checkmate”.

千夜(ちや):
「チェックメイトって言(い)いたいの？」