〜てもらえませんか~te moraemasen ka
Te moraemasen ka (〜てもらえませんか) means “could you do for me?”.
Could you bring out another bag?
Use 「〜てもらえませんか」 as a gentle, polite request for someone to do something for you.
In the course
How it works
Use this gentle request to ask a shop assistant to show you an item. Which bag is the customer pointing at?
The shop assistant shows the item, and the customer receives help. You are asking the other person to do something for you.
Use the verb’s て-form, then add 「もらえませんか」. For example, 「見せる」 becomes 「見せて」.
To ask the shop assistant to bring out another bag, say 「別のカバンを出してもらえませんか」.
Although it contains 「ません」, the whole sentence means “Could you… for me?” It does not say that the other person will not do it.
When approaching someone, say 「すみません」 before making your request to sound more polite.
Example sentences
- 別betsuのnoカバンkabanをo出しdashiてteもらえませんmoraemasenかka
Could you bring out another bag?
- これkoreをo
In a conversation
- Aこれをお願いします。
A: This one, please.
- Bすみません、これを見せてもらえませんか。
B: Excuse me, could you show me this?
- A
Check yourself
Level 1 · Recognise
Which sentence is correct?
Level 1 · Recognise
Listen and choose the meaning
Level 2 · Build
Put the words in order
Could you please take out that product?
Level 3 · Use
What goes in the blank?
この靴を ませんか。
Could you show me these shoes?
More grammar in this theme
- 〜てもらえませんかcould you do for me?