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I'm hoping you can help out with this sentence **僕がかわりに殴ってやろう** , which I am
not sure if I translate properly because of the が particle and also the
imperative (is that right?) of the verb やる.

If the sentence had been written like this 僕 **の** かわりに殴ってやろう I think it would
have translated like: "Hit (them) in my place". Breaking it down in the
literal sense, it should be  
"Do the action of hitting for me". Is that it? I have encountered the かわりに
construction more with the の particle and because this time it is with the
subject marker が, should the sentence be translated as: "Hit me instead" ?
Also, by having that imperative form, for example, if I would say to someone
"Hit me!" I feel that in Japanese it would sound like "僕を殴ってやれ！" (would やろう
work as well?)  
As a command/order towards someone, in a context when you want to sound harsh,
just having the verb in て form would count as an imperative? I think I heard
it in anime sometimes.  
I hope I explained right and that you can help me out with a proper
translation.  
Thank you!
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How should I translate the sentence 僕がかわりに殴ってやろう
やろう is the volitional ("let's..." or "shall we/I?")form of やる. So it's not an
imperative, but the speaker is proposing an action.

Additionally, -てやる is a less polite form of -てあげる (do an action to the benefit
of someone inferior). See [meaning of
~てやる](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/4464/)

And `が` emphasizes `僕`.

So, to summarize, the correct translation would be: "Shall **I** beat [him]
instead [of you]?"
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