Asking to teach with 〜てもいい

シャロ:

「そ　そんなに言(い)うなら教(おし)えてあげてもいいかなー」

“I-if you insist that much, maybe I could teach you if that's okay.”

Key Points

1. てもいい softens the offer

   • 教えてあげる by itself can sound very direct or self-important.

   • 教えてあげてもいいかなー makes it more like “maybe I could teach you, if you insist.”

2. 教(おし)えてあげる means teaching as a favor

   • The base action is 教える, “to teach”.

   • あげる frames the teaching as something Sharo would do for someone else’s benefit.

3. The receiver is left unstated

   • No 〜に phrase appears in the line.

   • The situation supplies the receiver: the people Sharo imagines helping at the library.

See Also

• Grammar: Doing for someone with 〜てあげる