Episode 37
Let's — ～ましょう
Learn how to make invitations and suggestions in Japanese using ましょう and ましょうか in this 5-minute lesson.
In this episode you'll learn how to turn any verb into an invitation. One swap — ます becomes ましょう — and you go from talking about what you do to proposing what you do together.
What You'll Learn#
Sentences from This Episode#
Let's eat lunch together.
一緒に昼ごはんを食べましょう。
一緒に昼ごはんを食べよう。
Shall we order?
注文しましょうか。
注文しようか。
Let's go to the park.
公園に行きましょう。
公園に行こう。
Listener Production Target#
By the end of this episode you should be able to produce:
東京に行きましょう。 とうきょうにいきましょう "Let's go to Tokyo."
The pattern: destination + に + 行きましょう. Swap any destination and the sentence works.
Related Grammar#
- The ます verb ending — the foundation ましょう builds on
- The particle に for destinations — needed to say "let's go to somewhere"
- できます — ability — from episode 36: "I can do it"
Practice in the App#
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