How to Say “I wanna show you something.” in Japanese

How do you say “I wanna show you something.” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

I wanna show you something.

ちょっと見せたいものがあるんだけど。

 chotto misetaimonoga arundakedo

If you want to speak politely, you can say :

ちょっと見せたいものがあるんですけど。

 chotto misetaimonoga arundesukedo

  • I wanna show you … = わたしはあなたに … を見せたい watashiwa anatani … o misetai
  • something = 何か nanika

The literal translation of “I wanna show you something.” is “わたしはあなたに何かを見せたい watashiwa anatani nanikao misetai”, but that sounds unnatural.

We do not usually say “わたしは watashiwa (= I)” or “あなたに anatani (= you)” in everyday conversation.


わたしは あなたに ちょっと見せたい
I want to show you

ものがあるんだけど
there is something