How to Say ‘Why don't we all go next time?’ in Japanese
今度みんなで行きませんか。
kondo minna de iki mase n ka
[KOHN-doh MEEN-nah deh ee-KEE mah-SEH n ka]
Phrase Breakdown
今度みんなで
kondo minna de
next time, all together
今度 (kondo) means 'next time' or 'sometime soon'. みんなで means 'with everyone, as a group', where で marks how the action is done. Hold the double 'n' in minna slightly: kon-do min-na-de.
今度みんなで食事しましょう。
Let's all have a meal together next time.
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.
みんな
minna
[MEEN-nah]
everyone
Casual-polite word for all the people in a group.
みんな来ました。
Everyone came.
で
de
[deh]
as a group; together
After a word for a group of people, it shows who does the action together.
家族で旅行します。
We travel as a family.
行きませんか。
iki mase n ka
won't we go? / shall we go?
This is a polite invitation using the negative question form of 行く (to go). Say i-ki-ma-sen-ka with a slight rise on か.
週末、海に行きませんか。
Would you like to go to the beach this weekend?
Words in this phrase
行き
iki
[ee-KEE]
go (stem)
Stem form of 行く 'to go', used before ます.
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.
わかりません。
I don't understand.
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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