How to Say ‘Would you like to go together sometime?’ in Japanese
今度、一緒に行きませんか？
kondo issho ni iki mase n ka
[KOHN-doh ees-shoh nee ee-KEE mah-seh n kah]
🇯🇵 In Japan: On a first date this is a clear but gentle sign you'd like a second one. A vague reply like そうですね "hmm, yes" without details is often a polite no.
Phrase Breakdown
今度、一緒に
kondo issho ni
next time, together
'Kondo, issho ni'. 'Kondo' means 'next time' or 'sometime soon'. Pause briefly after it.
今度、一緒に遊ぼう。
Let's hang out 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
[ees-shoh]
together
Together; with someone else, doing something jointly.
一緒に見学します。
We tour together.
に
ni
[nee]
(adverb-forming particle)
Attaches to a noun to make an adverb, as in 'together'.
友達と一緒に食べます。
I eat together with a friend.
行きませんか？
iki mase n ka
won't you go? / shall we go?
A polite invitation, 'ikimasen ka', said with a rising tone.
カフェに行きませんか？
Would you like to go to a café?
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 (part of ません)
「ませ」 is part of 「ません」, the polite negative form.
はいていません。
I haven’t vomited.
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
[kah]
question marker
Placed at the end of a sentence to make it a question.
A席はありますか。
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