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How to Say ‘Would you have tea with me sometime?’ in Japanese

今度一緒にお茶しませんか？

kondo issho ni o cha shi mase n ka

[KOHN-doh ees-SHOH nee oh CHAH shee mah-SEH n kah]

🇯🇵 In Japan: お茶する "go for tea" is the standard casual date invitation, even if you end up drinking coffee. It sounds light and low-commitment.

Phrase Breakdown

今度一緒に

kondo issho ni

sometime together

今度 (kondo) means 'next time' or 'sometime,' and 一緒に (issho ni) means 'together.' Hold the small っ in 'issho' as a short pause.

Example

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.

Example

今度映画を見ましょう。

Let's watch a movie next time.

一緒

issho

[ees-SHOH]

together

Noun meaning togetherness; with に it means together.

Example

一緒に昼ご飯を食べよう。

Let's eat lunch together.

に

[nee]

(adverb-forming particle)

Turns a na-adjective into an adverb, like English '-ly'.

Example

静かに話してください。

Please speak quietly.

お茶しませんか？

o cha shi mase n ka

won't you have tea?

This is a polite, friendly invitation to go to a café. Raise your intonation slightly at the end.

Example

駅前でお茶しませんか？

Would you like to have tea near the station?

Words in this phrase

お

[oh]

honorific prefix used in polite expressions

The polite prefix お makes the following word sound more courteous.

Example

お願いできますか。

Could you please do that?

茶

cha

[CHAH]

tea

Tea; used as a suffix in tea names like 緑茶 or 麦茶.

Example

お茶を飲みます。

I drink tea.

し

shi

[shee]

し is the stem of する, meaning to do.

Example

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'.

Example

頭は痛くありません。

My head doesn't hurt.

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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