How to Say ‘Would you like to read together sometime?’ in Japanese
今度一緒に読みませんか？
kondo issho ni yomi mase n ka
[KOHN-doh ee-SHOH nee YOH-mee mah-SEH n ka]
💬 Usage Tip: A negative question ending in ませんか is a polite invitation, "won't you...?": 行きませんか "shall we go?". It sounds softer than asking straight out.
Phrase Breakdown
今度一緒に
kondo issho ni
together sometime
今度 (kondo) means 'next time / sometime'. 一緒に (issho ni) means 'together'. Hold the small っ as a short pause.
今度一緒に行きましょう。
Let's go together sometime.
Words in this phrase
今度
kondo
[KOHN-doh]
next time; sometime soon
Refers to the next occasion or near future.
今度映画を見ましょう。
Let's watch a movie next time.
一緒
issho
[ee-SHOH]
together
A noun meaning being together. Followed by に, it means 'together with someone'.
一緒に行きましょう。
Let's go together.
に
ni
[nee]
(adverb-forming particle)
Turns a na-adjective into an adverb, like English '-ly'.
静かに話してください。
Please speak quietly.
読みませんか？
yomi mase n ka
won't you read (with me)?
ませんか makes a polite invitation.
この本を読みませんか？
Would you like to read this book?
Words in this phrase
読み
yomi
[YOH-mee]
read
Stem of 読む 'to read', used before ます forms.
本を読みます。
I read a book.
ませ
mase
[mah-SEH]
(polite negative stem)
Stem of the polite ending 'masu' used before 'n' to form the polite negative 'masen'.
頭は痛くありません。
My head doesn't hurt.
ん
n
[n]
(negative ending)
Contracted form of the polite negative ending, as in ありません.
今日は時間がありません。
I don't have time today.
か
ka
[ka]
question particle
Used to create a yes/no question in informal speech.
行くか？
Shall we go?
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