Question about the sentence 私が手伝いましょう。


Im using an Anki deck to study vocabulary. It's translation for the sentence
私が手伝いましょう is "Can I help you?". Im a bit confused, as I see no question marker
in that sentence. I would guess it's meaning to be "I (We?) will help you
(us?)". I'm a bit confused since the sentence starts with 私が but ends with
ましょう。Is this a common phrase or is the translation incorrect? I would
appreciate any help in breaking down this sentence.

ありがとう。




As the translation of "Can I help you?", 私が手伝いましょうか? may be more accurate than
私が手伝いましょう but they mean almost the same thing, don't they?

私が～しましょう is used but 私が is often omitted because a subject is often omitted in
Japanese language.

In addition, ～しましょう has two meanings: One is "will" like 私が手伝いましょう。 (I will
help you). The other is "let's" like みんなで山に登りましょう。 (Let's climb a mountain
with everyone).




Well it should really be "lets" or "let me" ,"allow me" when using "ましょう".

As in "let me help you with that "

You could say "Can I help you with that?" , "手伝いましょうか" and not use a question
mark as the "か" indicates that it is a question. But it does not always need
this to imply a question.

Edit: I would not say the translation is incorrect as it does need some
clarification, but i can certainly see how it would be confusing.

