Compose a relaxed invitation for someone you know well.

The idea

Use the plain negative question 見ない？ to suggest watching something together; in this context it is an invitation, not a statement of refusal. Add a time with ２時はどう？ and a place with で. Ask for a reply and give the person an easy way to say no.

Patterns to compare
PartExample
誘さそいいっしょに映画えいがを見みない？
時間じかん午後ごご２時じはどう？
場所ばしょ駅えきの前まえで会あおう。

Examples

  • 土曜日どようび、時間じかんある？Are you free on Saturday?
  • いっしょに映画えいがを見みない？Want to watch a film together?
  • 午後ごご２時じはどう？How about 2 p.m.?
  • 駅えきの前まえで会あおう。Let’s meet in front of the station.
  • 都合つごうが悪わるかったら、また今度こんどね。If it doesn’t work for you, another time is fine.
  • 行いけるかどうか、教おしえてね。Let me know whether you can come.

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Watch out

This is casual language for a close friend. With someone you need to address politely, use a form such as 見ませんか rather than copying the plain endings. Do not assume the proposed time is agreed.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose and fill the blank: いっしょに映画えいがを＿？（見みない／見みなく）

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    見ない

    見ない？ is a casual invitation to watch; 見なく cannot end this question as written.

  2. Choose and fill the blank: 午後ごご２時じ＿どう？（は／を）

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    は

    は sets two o’clock as the time being proposed.

  3. Choose and fill the blank: 駅えきの前まえ＿会あおう。（で／を）

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    で

    で marks the place where the meeting happens.

Use it today

Invite a fictional friend to an activity. Include a day, time and meeting place, and make it comfortable for them to decline.