by Tomoyuki Higuchi
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
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ものがあるんだけど
there is something