Translation from Japanese into English

[vasi_mahmudova_516223]

レストランに行きませんか.-What　is　its　translation　into　English?It　says　that　in　Japanese　this　type　of　questions　have suggestion meaning.Its translation is like *Why don't we go to a restaurant?* But its sounds like normal question sentence than suggestion one.I am little bit confused :/

[thegooseking]

vasi_mahmudovaさん、

You can say both 行きませんか and 行きましょうか. Generally, 行きませんか is more like an invitation - the speaker wants the other person to go with them, but doesn't know whether or not the other person wants to go. 行きましょうか is used when the speaker is more certain that the other person wants to go (e.g. maybe it's already been decided), and more expresses something the speaker wants to do, rather than something the speaker wants someone else to do.

小狼

[community.japanese]

小狼さん,
こんにちは。
そうですね。
どうもありがとうございます。

san,
konnichiwa.
レストランに行きませんか means ‘would you like to go to a restaurant?’


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