Meaning of: 私に描いてれない？


My friend sent me this message:

"私に描いてれない？"

And I'm confused by what seems to be a really long series of conjugations of
the verb 描く。

My question is, what does this message mean, and also what each of the
conjugations are?

For context, we were talking about a type of body paint.

Does it mean "Can you draw on me?" or "Can you let me draw on you?" or
something completely different?




I'm quite sure either you did not copy the message correctly here or your
friend made a typo and forgot a "く". Given the context it is most likely:
私に描いて **く** れない?

This means simply "would you draw it for me?" or maybe "on me" given the
context of body paint.

It is using the te-form of the verb plus くれる. This bears the meaning of o do
something for me (the asker) or somebody’s sake.

The general construction is:

> Giver + は/が + Receiver + に + Verb-てform + くれる/くださる

To be more specific, くれる in your example is in the negative form くれない and it
is a colloquial way of the more polite form くれませんか? This is simply a way to
ask politely for something using an interrogative negative. In English
something like "Wouldn't you (be so kind to) do _Verb_ for me?"

Note that in particular Verb-てform + くれる also conveys a sense of gratitude
from the receiver towards the giver (as someone made you the favor of doing
Verb).

You can see more about this
[here](http://japanesetest4you.com/flashcard/learn-
jlpt-n4-grammar-%E3%81%A6%E3%81%8F%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8B-te-kureru/) and
[here](https://www.learn-japanese-adventure.com/te-ageru-morau-kureru.html).

