Can someone help me understand the meaning of どれどれ、見せてもらおうかな？ Specifically with the word もらおうかな if it is a verb, a contraction and show me some examples.
Thank you very much in advance.
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どれどれ、見せてもらおうかな？
The literal translation would be:
What's going on, let me have a look?
So it's a commanded request, most likely from a parent/teacher/superior/etc. If it was for someone on equal stature, I would use 見せてもらえる？ For someone above me, it would be 見せてもらえませんか？
-- Starfox
This construction is an informal version of 見せてもらおうかな, parsed as
見せてもらおう volitional form of the compound verb 見せてもらう
かな sentence-ending particle indicating uncertainty (or a tentative question)
It means something like "Maybe I should get a look at it (from someone)", depending on the context in which it is used.
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Thank you so so so much. It is the first time that I ask a question and I did not think they answered me so quickly So it was just an informal volitional way of the verb 貰う, I spent more than an hour searching the internet for meaning I think if they had used the kanji 貰 in the sentence, it would have been easier to understand it Te mando un saludo desde México y gracias por tu respuesta Commented Jun 21, 2020 at 19:52
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1@SamaelLara もらう is almost never written with Kanji, sorry to say– AngelosCommented Jun 21, 2020 at 20:44
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2"This construction is an informal version of 見せてもらおうかな" Am I missing something, is there another version mentioned somewhere?– LeeboCommented Jun 21, 2020 at 22:11
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2It was different before. He edited it after I answered I think– kandymanCommented Jun 21, 2020 at 23:08