*ENGLISH Japanese Study Course

⓮Expressions of Invitation & Intention

2023年7月25日

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Japanese Study Course
❶Basic Pronouns
❷Modification of Nouns
❸Noun/Adjective Predicate
❹Verbal predicate sentences
❺Past tense of verbs and auxiliary verbs
❻Present/Past Progressive Tenses
❼Verb Situational Expressions
❽Possible Expressions [1]
❾Possible Expressions [2]
➓Future Tense Expression
⓫Guess/Conviction Expressions
⓬Expressions of Desire
⓭Expressions of Permissions and Prohibitions
⓮Expressions of Invitation & Intention
⓯Expressions of Requests
⓰Expressions of "S+V+O+O"
⓱Expressions by verb conjunctive form
⓲Usage of "i-type" adjectives
⓳Usage of "na-type" adjectives
⓴Usage of Particles "が"&"は"
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Japanese Study Course Lesson14

Lady JJ
Lady JJ

In lesson 14, we will study the expressions of invitation and intention such as "Would you like to…" or "Let's do…" for invitation and "I would like to…" or "I'm going to…" for intention. For example, if you want to say, "Would you like to join our team and play baseball together?" in Japanese, you would politely say "私たちのチームに入って、一緒に野球をしませんか。".

14-1 Expressions of invitation

(1)・・・しないか/・・・しませんか

Expressions of invitation ➡ "Verb( consecutive form)+ないか/ませんか"

  • Would you like to join our team and play baseball together?
  • Ordinary:私たちのチームに入って、一緒に野球をしないか。
  • Politely:私たちのチームに入って、一緒に野球をしませんか。
  • The expression of invitation is to ask the person you want to invite in the form of a negative question, such as "…しないか" or "…しませんか".
  • Replacing "ないか" with "ませんか" makes it more polite.

Detailed explanation

  • Ordinary:私たちのチームに入って、一緒に野球をしないか
  • Polite:私たちのチームに入って、一緒に野球をしませんか
  • (subject omission)
  • +私たちのチーム(object)+に(objective particle with directional intent)
  • +入っ(verb "入る", conjunctive form)+て(conjunction particle)、
  • +一緒に(adverb)+野球(object)+を(objective particle)
  • Ordinary:+し(verb "する", negative form)+ない(auxiliary verb, negation)+か(ending particle, question)。
  • Polite:+し(verb "する", consecutive form)+ませ(auxiliary verb "ます", negative form)+ん(auxiliary verb, negation)+か(ending particle, question)。

Vocabulary note

チーム:(noun) team
入る :(verb) join
一緒に:(adverb) together

(2)・・・しよう/・・・しましょう

Expressions of invitation ➡ "Verb( consecutive form)+しよう/しましょう"

  • Let's study together in the library tomorrow afternoon.
  • Ordinary:明日の午後、一緒に図書館で勉強しよう。
  • Politely:明日の午後、一緒に図書館で勉強しましょう。
  • The expression of invitation such as "勉強しよう" or "勉強しましょう" use the auxiliary verb "う" to indicate intention.
  • Replacing "しよう" with "しましょう" makes it more polite.

Detailed explanation

  • Ordinary:明日の午後、一緒に図書館で勉強しよう
  • Polite:明日の午後、一緒に図書館で勉強しましょう
  • 明日の午後(time)、(subject omission)
  • +一緒に(adverb)+図書館(place)+で(objective particle, place)
  • Ordinary:+勉強しよ(verb "勉強する", intentional form)+う(auxiliary verb, intention)。
  • Polite:+勉強し(verb "勉強する", consecutive form)+ましょ(auxiliary verb "ます", intentional form, polite)+う(auxiliary verb, intention)。

Vocabulary note

午後:(noun) afternoon
 ◆Advanced Study Conjugation of the auxiliary verb "ます"('sa-line' specific)
Negative form
ませ(ん)
Auxiliary verb "ん" is added after
今日の午後、私は図書館に行きません
I will not go to the library this afternoon.
Past tense form
まし(た)
Auxiliary verb "た" is added after
私は去年北海道に行きました
I went to Hokkaido last year.
Basic form
ます
ます
(auxiliary verb, polite)
Adnominal form
ます(+noun)
Noun is added after
明日は私も図書館に行きますので、必ず私も誘ってくださいね。
I will go to the library tomorrow, so please be sure to invite me too.
Hypothesis form
Not used in normal speech
Imperative form
ませ/まし
いらっしゃいませ
welcome!
Intentional form
ましょ(う)
Auxiliary verb "う" is added after
明日の午後、一緒に図書館で勉強しましょう
Let's study together in the library tomorrow afternoon.

The conjugation form of the auxiliary verb "ます" takes the form of "se, shi, su, se, sho" like "まん, また, ま, ま, ましょう", so it is called the 'sa-line' specific conjugation of verbs

 

14-2 Expressions of intention

(1)・・・しようと思う/・・・しようと思います

Expressions of intention ➡ "Verb( intentional form)+しようと思う/しようと思います"

  • I would like to join your team and play baseball together.
  • Ordinary:私は皆さんのチームに入って、一緒に野球をしようと思う。
  • Politely:私は皆さんのチームに入って、一緒に野球をしようと思います。
  • Replacing "思う" with "思います" makes it more polite.

Detailed explanation

  • Ordinary:私は皆さんのチームに入って、一緒に野球をしようと思う
  • Polite:私は皆さんのチームに入って、一緒に野球をしようと思います
  • 私(subject)+は(nominative particle)
  • +皆さんのチーム(object)+に(objective particle with directional intent)
  • +入っ(verb "入る", conjunctive form)+て(conjunction particle)、
  • +一緒に(adverb)+野球(object)+を(objective particle)
  • +しよ(verb "する", intentional form)+う(auxiliary verb, intention)
  • +と(objective particle, quotation)
  • +思う(verb, basic form)/ +思い(verb "思う", consecutive form)+ます(auxiliary verb, polite)。

Vocabulary note

皆さん:(pronoun) you
思う :(verb) think

(2)・・・しようと思っている/・・・しようと思っています

Expressions of intention ➡ "Verb( intentional form)+しようと思っている/しようと思っています"

  • I'm sick and I'm absent from school for a while, but I'm going to get better soon and study with everyone.
  • Ordinary:今、病気で学校をしばらく休んでいるが、早く良くなってみんなと勉強しようと思っている。
  • Politely:今、病気で学校をしばらく休んでいますが、早く良くなってみんなと勉強しようと思っています。
  • The expression "・・・しようと思っている/・・・しようと思っています" is used when the will is held for a certain period of time.
  • Replacing "いる" with "います" makes it more polite.

Detailed explanation

  • Ordinary:今、病気で学校をしばらく休んでいるが、早く良くなってみんなと勉強しようと思っている
  • Polite:今、病気で学校をしばらく休んでいますが、早く良くなってみんなと勉強しようと思っています
  • 今(time)、(subject omission)
  • +病気(object)+で(objective particle, cause/reason)
  • +学校(object)+を(objective particle)
  • +休ん(verb "休む", conjunctive form)+で(conjunction particle)
  • +いる(auxiliary verb, situation)/ +い(auxiliary verb "いる", consecutive form, situation)+ます(auxiliary verb, polite)
  • +が(conjunction)、
  • +早く(adverb)
  • +良くなっ(verb "良くなる", conjunctive form)+て(conjunction particle)
  • +みんな(object)+と(objective particle, with/together)
  • +勉強しよ(verb "勉強する", intentional form)+う(auxiliary verb, intention)
  • +と(objective particle, quotation)
  • +思っ(verb "思う", conjunctive form)+て(conjunction particle)
  • +いる(auxiliary verb, situation)/ +い(auxiliary verb "いる", consecutive form)+ます(auxiliary verb, polite)。

Vocabulary note

病気  :(noun) sickness
学校  :(noun) school
休む  :(verb) be absent
早く  :(adverb) soon
良くなる:(verb) get better
みんな :(noun) everyone
 ◆Advanced Study Objective particle "で" ➁:cause/reason
  • There are many ways to use the objective particle "で", but the usage here indicates the cause or reason.
  • It is used in the form of "noun(object, matter)+ で".
  • For example, My house was destroyed by the typhoon yesterday. 昨日の台風で自宅が壊れました。
  • I'm sick and I'm absent from school for a while, but I'm going to get better soon and study with everyone. 今、病気で学校をしばらく休んでいますが、早く良くなってみんなと勉強しようと思っています。

"I'm thinking of mastering Japanese as soon as possible."「私は一日でも早く日本語をマスターしようと思っています。

Rabbit Boy
Rabbit Boy
LADY JJ
LADY JJ

Today's lesson ends here. Ladies and gentlemen, did you understand today's theme "Expressions of Invitation and Intention"? Next time, we will study "Expressions of the request" such as "Please do…". See you!

See you next time!

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