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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you ask someone to go out with you, it’s often easier to do it in the form of a negative question. In other words, you’d say, “Why don’t we go on a date tomorrow?” It just seems to take some of the pressure off of you because you sound so casual and confident.

This newbie Japanese lesson exists to help you ask someone out using negative questions. You’ll master the formal negative form of verbs plus the question-marking particle ka to express invitation in a casually confident way. As a bonus, you’ll find a chart of English words along with their formal affirmatives and formal negatives.

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This entry was posted on Monday, April 6th, 2009 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Newbie Season 4 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

14 Responses to “Newbie Lesson S4 #39 - The Japanese that Might Score You a Date!”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, where would you invite someone on a first date?

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Jay says:

あしたいるかおみませんか。 :kokoro:
Tomorrow why don’t we go dolphin watching?

でもねぼくはけこんしている。ごめなさいおなのひとたち。
But I am married. Sorry Ladies.

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Isis-san says:

:nihon: Great lesson, very helpful,
arigatou gozaimasu
:nihon:

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Spidey says:

Hmmm…Is this one understandable?

X: 何をしませんか?
O: じゃさ。。。私の部屋を掃除しませんか?
X: ええええええぇぇぇぇ。。。。?じゃ結婚をしませんか?
O: ええええええぇぇぇぇ。。。。?

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プチクレア says:

さすがSpideyさんですね! :mrgreen:

On a first date… hmm…

“明日,一緒に公園に散歩しませんか?それから,食事をしませんか?”

or

“この辺りに新しい喫茶店が開きました。静かでロマンチックな場所だそうです。一緒に行きませんか?”

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yukiko says:

Kon’nichi wa mina-san :grin:

Watashi: “Anata, ashita wa “Sakura” de tabemasenka?”
Watashi no danna: “Ii ne! Demo o-kane ga nai.”
Watashi: “kechi!”

joudan desu yo! :lol:

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Aihe says:

鵠をみませんか?  :mrgreen:

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boongerd says:

Suki desu.
I understand and enjoy it very much.
Ja mata ashita.
Boongerd Thammawasi(boongerd)

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Naomi says:

Jayーsan
いるか?dolphin? いいですね。
>>>でもねぼくはけっこんしている。ごめなさい、おんなのひとたち。But I am married. Sorry Ladies.
Jay-sanはおもしろいですね!! :mrgreen:

Spicy-san
すごい!!ダイアログで使いたいです。 :lol:
I want to use this idea in the dialogue!

プチクレア-san
素敵ですね。Suteki desune!

yukiko-san
Is that your real-life conversation? :mrgreen:

Aihe -san
鵠?swan? What a difficult Kanji you know! We usually write 白鳥(はくちょう) for swan.

boongerd-san
Arigatou gozaimasu!!

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yukiko says:

Naomi-Sensei kon’nichi wa :mrgreen:
That particular conversation wasn’t real but it was based on extremely similar ones :lol:
My husband has heard “kechi” from me so many times he know exactly what it means even though he’s not studying Japanese :wink:
He knows I’m just joking though. He’s a great guy :kokoro:

mata ne

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Naomi says:

yukiko-san
Hahaha. I just remembered that I called my mother “Kechi!” when I was really small.
Me: Okaasan, are, katte! (Mammy, I want that one.)
Mother: Dame.
Me: Kechi!

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JPP168 says:

yeah, I did read the note while listen to the audio file.
It was perfect!!!

JPP/Wollongong, Australia

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JKid says:

JPP168-san,
I do the same. :) You’re from Wollongong? It’s good to see some Australian Japanese learners finding there way on to Japanesepod101.com!

Thanks for your comment! :)

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王凱 says:

もしもし、りゅうさんです。静かさん、こんばんは。電話番号ありがとうございました。
緊張しますね。あの、明日、カラオケをしませんか。
うん、
好きじゃないですか。映画を見ませんか。
ウン、
じゃ、とりあえず、会いませんか。

また 

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