What does もらおうかな mean?


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.




> 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.

