Practice inviting someone to do something in Japanese
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| Do you know how to invite someone to do something in Japanese? |
| Welcome to Three Step Japanese Practice by JapanesePod101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to invite someone to do something. |
| Let’s look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| え！すこし やすみませんか｡ へやで ゆっくりしましょう｡ |
| E! Sukoshi yasumimasen ka. Heya de yukkuri shimashō. |
| Huh? How about resting for a bit? Let’s relax in the room. |
| いいえ、まず、おんせんに いきましょう｡ |
| Iie, mazu, onsen ni ikimashō. |
| No, let’s go to the hot spring first. |
| In this sentence, the first person says "へやで ゆっくりしましょう｡ (Heya de yukkuri shimashō.)," "Let's relax in the room." |
| This "ましょう (mashou)" ending is a way to say "Let's verb." It attaches to the masu stem of a verb, in this case, します (shimasu). "ます" is removed to get the stem, し, and then ましょう is added. |
| You can see this happen again here |
| Where the second person says "いきましょう (ikimashou)" or "Let's go…" |
| Let’s practice with this grammar more in this lesson. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the invitation. Ready? |
| にほんごを |
| (nihongo o _____) |
| にほんごを |
| べんきょうしましょう (mashou) |
| べんきょうしましょう |
| にほんごを べんきょうしましょう |
| (nihongo o benkyoushimashou) |
| にほんごを べんきょうしましょう |
| Let's learn Japanese. |
| By using ましょう instead of ます, the meaning changes from "I'm going to learn Japanese" to "Let's learn Japanese." |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| へやのそうじを |
| (heya no souji o _____) |
| へやのそうじを |
| しましょう (shimashou) |
| しましょう |
| へやのそうじをしましょう |
| (hey no souji o shimashou) |
| へやのそうじをしましょう |
| Let's clean the room. |
| Using ましょう here changes the meaning from "I'll clean the room" to "Let's clean the room" |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| カフェへ |
| (kafe e _____) |
| カフェへ |
| いきましょう (mashou) |
| いきましょう |
| カフェへいきましょう |
| (kafe e ikimashou) |
| カフェへいきましょう |
| Let's go towards the cafe. |
| With the ましょう ending, the meaning changes from "I'm going towards the cafe" to "Let's go towards the cafe." |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| Ready? |
| テニス (Tenisu) |
| テニスを(Tenisu o) |
| テニスをし (Tenisu o shi) |
| テニスをしま (Tenisu o shima) |
| テニスをしましょ(Tenisu o shimasho) |
| テニスをしましょう。(Tenisu o shimashō.) |
| Let's play tennis. |
| テニスをしましょう。 |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| えいがを（みるましょう or みましょう) |
| Eiga o (mirumashō/mimashō). |
| えいがを（みるましょう or みましょう) |
| みましょう (mimashou) |
| みましょう |
| えいがをみましょう｡ |
| (eiga o mimashou) |
| Let's watch a movie. |
| This ending changes the sentence from "I'll watch a movie" to "Let's watch a movie." |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| コーヒーを（のましょう or のみましょう) |
| Kōhī o (nomashō/nomimashō). |
| コーヒーを（のましょう or のみましょう) |
| のみましょう (nomimashō) |
| のみましょう |
| コーヒーをのみましょう |
| Let's drink coffee. |
| This ending changes the meaning from "I'll drink coffee" to "Let's drink coffee." |
| Translate "Let’s have a birthday party." into Japanese. |
| たんじょうび. birthday. |
| followed by |
| の. Possession particle. |
| next |
| パーティー. party. |
| followed by |
| を. object particle. |
| Lastly |
| しましょう. Let's have |
| たんじょうびのパーティーをしましょう｡ |
| (Tanjōbi no pātī o shimashō.) |
| たんじょうびのパーティーをしましょう｡ |
| (Tanjōbi no pātī o shimashō.) |
| Let's have a birthday party. |
| Translate "Let’s eat lunch at 12 o’clock." into Japanese. |
| 12じ (juuniji). 12 o'clock. |
| followed by |
| に (ni). Time particle. |
| next |
| ランチ (ranchi). lunch. |
| followed by |
| を. Object particle. |
| Lastly |
| たべましょう (tabemashou). Let's eat. |
| 12じにランチをたべましょう｡ |
| (Jū-ni ji ni ranchi o tabemashō.) |
| 12じにランチをたべましょう｡ |
| Let's eat lunch at 12 o'clock. |
| Translate "Let's make dinner." into Japanese. |
| ばんごはん (bangohan). dinner. |
| followed by |
| を (o). Object particle. |
| next |
| つくりましょう (tsukurimashou). Let's make. |
| ばんごはんをつくりましょう｡ |
| (Bangohan o tsukurimashō.) |
| ばんごはんをつくりましょう｡ |
| Let's make dinner. |
| Listen to me as I speak. Can you match the ましょう form of the verb to its dictionary form on the right? |
| 12じにランチをたべましょう｡ |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| 12じにランチをたべましょう｡ |
| Did you hear, たべましょう? たべましょう is the ましょう form of たべる (taberu) |
| How about...? |
| えいがをみましょう |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| えいがをみましょう |
| Did you hear, みましょう? みましょう is the ましょう form of みる (miru) |
| Next... |
| へやのそうじをしましょう｡ |
| One more time. |
| へやのそうじをしましょう｡ |
| Did you hear, しましょう? しましょう is the ましょう form of する (suru) |
| Next... |
| おんせんにいきましょう｡ |
| One more time. |
| おんせんにいきましょう｡ |
| Did you hear, いきましょう? いきましょう is the ましょう form of いく (iku) |
| And... |
| コーヒーをのみましょう｡ |
| One more time. |
| コーヒーをのみましょう｡ |
| Did you hear, のみましょう? のみましょう is the ましょう form of のむ (nomu) |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to invite someone to do something. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. またね (mata ne)! |
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