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Naz
Level: 1202
I've seen ちゃんと言わなきゃわかんないよ translated as:

"I won't understand if you don't say it right."

or as per google translate:

"I do not understand it unless I say it properly."

I understand everything about this sentence except where the "if/unless" comes from.

Thanks for any help.

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じゅうり
Level: 1712
なきゃ is a contraction of なければ. It translates as "unless one" or "if one does not".  The first translation is the most accurate.

Both なきゃ and 言わなきゃ are in the site dictionary.
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Naz
Level: 1202
I was reading 言わなきゃ as "have to say".

Thanks for the help じゅうり
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