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How to Say ‘Would you like to go for a drink?’ in Japanese

飲みに行きませんか？

nomi ni iki mase n ka

[NOH-mee ni ee-KEE mah-SEH n kah]

💬 Usage Tip: Asking "won't you go?" with 〜ませんか is the polite way to invite someone. The pattern verb stem + に行く means "go to do something": 食べに行きませんか (tabe ni ikimasen ka) "shall we go eat?"

Phrase Breakdown

飲み

nomi

[NOH-mee]

drink (stem)

Stem of 飲む 'to drink', used before polite endings like ます.

Example

水を飲みます。

I drink water.

に

[ni]

Used to indicate direction or point of action.

Example

学校に行きます。

I go to school.

行き

iki

[ee-KEE]

go (stem)

Stem form of 行く 'to go', used before ます.

Example

店に行きます。

I go to the restaurant.

ませ

mase

[mah-SEH]

polite negative ending

Part of the polite negative form -masen, making a verb or expression negative and polite.

Example

わかりません。

I don't understand.

ん

[n]

(negative ending)

Contracted form of the polite negative ending, as in ありません.

Example

今日は時間がありません。

I don't have time today.

か

[kah]

question marker

Placed at the end of a sentence to make it a question.

Example

A席はありますか。

Are there A seats available?

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