How to Say ‘Would you get tea with me sometime?’ in Japanese
今度お茶しませんか？
kondo o cha shi mase n ka
[KOHN-doh oh CHAH shee mah-SEH n ka]
💬 Usage Tip: Asking with a negative, 〜しませんか, makes it a soft invitation rather than a direct question. Swap the activity: 今度ご飯しませんか "want to get a meal sometime?"
🇯🇵 In Japan: お茶する (ocha suru) "to go for tea" is the classic low-pressure first-date invite in Japan. It means coffee or a café visit, and asking for tea rather than dinner makes it easy to say yes to.
Phrase Breakdown
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.
お茶しませんか？
o cha shi mase n ka
Would you like to have tea/coffee (with me)?
お茶する means 'to go for tea or coffee'. 〜ませんか is a polite invitation: 'won't you...?'. Say o-cha-shi-ma-sen-ka.
駅の近くでお茶しませんか？
Would you like to have tea near the station?
Words in this phrase
お
o
[oh]
honorific prefix
お adds politeness to certain words and expressions.
チケットを二枚お願いします。
Two tickets, please.
茶
cha
[CHAH]
tea
Tea; used as a suffix in tea names like 緑茶 or 麦茶.
お茶を飲みます。
I drink tea.
し
shi
[shee]
do
し is the stem of する, meaning to do.
予約しします。
I do the reservation.
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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