Saya mau tidur sebentar di kamar.

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Breakdown of Saya mau tidur sebentar di kamar.

• di: in
• kamar: the room
• tidur: to sleep

Questions & Answers about Saya mau tidur sebentar di kamar.

What does each word in Saya mau tidur sebentar di kamar literally mean?

Word-by-word:

• saya = I / me (formal or neutral)
• mau = want (to), going to (colloquial future)
• tidur = sleep
• sebentar = for a moment / for a short while
• di = in / at
• kamar = room (often understood as bedroom in this kind of sentence)

So the structure is very close to English:
Saya (I) + mau (want to) + tidur (sleep) + sebentar (a bit) + di kamar (in the room).

What is the nuance of mau here? Does it mean “want to” or “going to”?

mau can cover both ideas:

• Literal “want to”: expressing desire
  
  • Saya mau tidur sebentar di kamar. = I want to sleep for a bit in the room.
• Colloquial “about to / going to”: stating what you’re (just) going to do
  
  • In context it can feel like: I’m going to lie down for a bit in my room.

Notes:

• mau is very common in everyday speech and is not rude by itself.
• More explicitly “future” is usually akan (more formal/written) or adding a time word:
  • Nanti saya mau tidur. = I’m going to sleep later.
  • Besok saya akan tidur lebih awal. = Tomorrow I will sleep earlier.

So here, mau naturally feels like “(I) want to / (I’m) going to” and context decides which is stronger.

Could I replace mau with ingin? Is there a difference?