We'll give you a ride with 〜てあげる
Grammar Explanation: Doing for someone with 〜てあげる
Hakumei and Mikochi search for a specific café to no avail. A couple of rodents come up from nearby water.
- ネズミⒶ:
- 「私ら場所知ってるからさ」
- “We know where it is, so...”
- ネズミⒷ:
- 「乗せてってあげるよ」
- “We'll give you a ride.”
Key Points
乗せていってあげる = “we’ll take you there”
乗せる means “to let someone ride”.
〜ていく adds movement away, toward the destination (the café).
Casual contraction: 乗せてって
乗せてって is the spoken contraction of 乗せていって.
The small っ marks the clipped sound in casual speech, so the written form matches how the offer is said aloud.
Why 〜てあげる fits this offer
〜てあげる means doing something for someone else’s benefit; the rodents are the ones kindly doing the taking.