What is pimsleur saying (shtain desnoga)?

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Listening to the first Pimsleur Japanese audiobook and I'm having a hard time recognizing the words its saying. It says to say "I want to go shopping" and then in Japanese says something that sounds like "kaimonoga shtain desnoga". What are the actual words it's saying?

My best guess after reading some posts is that it's saying shitai desu ga. Are the n sounds just a regional accent? Or do they change the meaning?

Possible duplicate of What is the meaning of ～んです/～のだ/etc? — macraf, Oct 11 '17 at 22:52
I have a hunch that this might be related to: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/26227/the-nasal-allophones-of-g/26238#26238 — , Oct 11 '17 at 23:31
The /n/ on the end of shtain is ん as a spoken contraction of の. Parse the whole thing as したい・の・です・が. — Eiríkr Útlendi, Oct 12 '17 at 00:52
So the が(ga) sounds like んが(nga) or のが(noga) to your ear, right? Then I'd recommend you look up "nasal /g/" or 「[鼻濁音]{びだくおん}」. This thread might also be some help: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/177/9831 — chocolate, Oct 12 '17 at 01:44

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 13 '17 at 04:25

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The sentence was simply

[買]{か}い[物]{もの}がしたいん/のですが

Kaimono ga shitai -n/no desu ga

which is saying that the speaker explains that he/she wants to go shopping.

There's no particular accent here.

edited Oct 13 '17 at 04:25

answered Oct 12 '17 at 07:11

keithmaxx

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買い物したいんですが ←そうかもしれませんけど、録音されてるのは「買い物がしたいんですが」かもね・・・ – chocolate Oct 12 '17 at 09:59

What is pimsleur saying (shtain desnoga)?

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