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Originally Posted by chryuop
I was surprised on Facebook by a Japanese friend and I hate chat coz I got no time to use dictionaries  She told me she received my Christmas present and I wanted to tell her "good you already got it. I was afraid you wouldn't get by Christmas"........PANIC!!! All it came out was
もうもらって、カッコイイね。クリスマスまでにもらわ ないと恐れたんです
Did I even get close to it? All there was in my head was for sure is past the "afraid" part, but in the quotation? I was battled between もらわなかった and もらわない. I am sure she understood (she is used to my bad Japanese by now LOL), but I am curious what is the right tense to use.
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もうもらって、カッコイイね = It is handsome/attractive that you received it already.
クリスマスまでにもらわないと恐れたんです = I was frightened you wouldn't get it by Christmas.
So you were very close.