~なくちゃいけない — must do; need to; gotta do ~, say necessary to do something
~なくちゃいけない
must do; need to; gotta do ~, say necessary to do something
JLPT
N5
Structure
V ない→ なくちゃいけない
Meaning
The verb in the ない form drops い and is replaced with なくちゃいけない.
It means "necessary to do something."
魚
sakana
を
wo
食
ta
べなくちゃいけない
benakuchaikenai
。
.
I have to eat fish.
毎日日本語
mainichinihongo
を
wo
勉強
benkyou
しなくちゃいけない
shinakuchaikenai
。
.
I have to study Japanese every day.
5
5
時
ji
に
ni
起
o
きなくちゃいけない
kinakuchaikenai
。
.
I have to get up at 5 o'clock.
Note
This sentence pattern is equivalent to the pattern なくてはいけない.
However, people use the pattern なくちゃいけない to express in spoken language.
