How to Say "I Want to Sleep" in Russian

я хочу спать

ya khochu spat'

The Russian phrase for "I want to sleep" is я хочу спать (ya khochu spat').

This phrase is used to express that a person feels tired and wishes to go to sleep.

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase is composed of я (I), хочу (want) and the infinitive спать (to sleep).

The verb хочу is the first-person singular conjugation of хотеть (to want).

ya khochu spat'

In Russian, you can describe someone who loves to sleep as соня, a noun that is also the common name for a dormouse.
If someone is very sleepy, they might say глаза слипаются, meaning 'my eyes are sticking together', which is a common physical description of the sensation.
The verb спать is a distant linguistic relative of the English word 'soporific' and the word 'somnolent', both of which describe sleepiness.

Сейчас я хочу спать.
I want to sleep now.
Tatoeba #2600833 by odexed, translation #2600656 by anemone
Я хочу спать с твоей женой.
I want to sleep with your wife.
Tatoeba #784623 by DeSha, translation #784628 by DeSha
Выключи лампу. Я хочу спать.
Turn off the lamp. I want to sleep.
Tatoeba #11852839 by marafon, translation #11853097 by Wobbelle
Извините, но мне хотелось бы поспать перед долгой поездкой.
I'm sorry, but I would like to sleep before the long journey.
Давай уже пойдем спать, я хочу спать.
Let's go to sleep already, I want to sleep.
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Dmitry and Ekaterina are watching a late movie together.

Дмитрий Dmitry

Катя, я хочу спать.
Katya, ya khochu spat'
Katya, I want to sleep.
Екатерина Ekaterina

Но фильм ещё не закончился!
No fil'm yeshchyo ne zakonchilsya!
But the movie isn't over yet!
Дмитрий Dmitry

Я больше не могу смотреть.
Ya bol'she ne mogu smotret'
I can't watch any more.
Екатерина Ekaterina

Хорошо, Дмитрий, иди спать.
Khorosho, Dmitriy, idi spat'
Okay, Dmitry, go to sleep.

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