🌸 Japanese Topic 55初級🌿 Elementary

〜ましょう

~mashou

Let's...

🌸 Making Polite Suggestions and Invitations 🌸

💬 Dialogue

🌸 Making Suggestions 🌸

ケン：おなかがすきましたね。お昼ごはんを食べましょう。

Onaka ga sukimashita ne. Ohirugohan o tabemashou.

I'm hungry. Let's eat lunch.

ハナ：いいですね。何を食べましょうか。

Ii desu ne. Nani o tabemashou ka.

That sounds good. What shall we eat?

ケン：あそこのレストランでラーメンを食べましょう。

Asoko no resutoran de rāmen o tabemashou.

Let's eat ramen at that restaurant over there.

ハナ：そうしましょう！

Sō shimashou!

Let's do that!

ケン：食後にコーヒーも飲みましょう。

Shokugo ni kōhī mo nomimashou.

Let's drink coffee after the meal too.

ハナ：いいですね。行きましょう。

Ii desu ne. Ikimashou.

Sounds good. Let's go.

📖 Vocabulary

5 words

KanaRomajiEnglish

おひるごはんohirugohanlunch

たべますtabemasuto eat

のみますnomimasuto drink

いきますikimasuto go

いいですねii desu neThat's a good idea / sounds good

⭐ Key Sentence

Verb (stem) + ましょう

Verb (stem) + mashou

Let's (do something).

Pattern: 〜ましょう
Meaning: Let's... / Shall we...?

写真を撮りましょう。

Shashin o torimashou.

Let's take a photo.

帰りましょう。

Kaerimashou.

Let's go home.

🎓 Explanation

The form 〜ましょう is used to make a polite suggestion or to invite someone to do something together.

To create this form, take a verb in its polite -masu form, remove the ます (masu), and add ましょう (mashou).

If you add the particle か (ka) at the end (〜ましょうか), it becomes a question: "Shall we...?"

Ikimashou
= 'Let's go.'

Tabemashou
= 'Let's eat.'

📝 Quiz

How do you say 'Let's drink coffee' politely?