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Lesson 11: Let's go.
Click here for the kana version.
| This lesson is about the "let's" or "mashou" form of verbs. Recall that 'masu' is the polite present ending for verbs. Taking off the masu and replacing it with mashou changes it to "let's --", where the -- is replaced by whatever the verb means. Examples:
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| Using the previous lessons and some vocabulary, you should now be able to say all of the following. |
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| Examples: Kouen ni ikimashou. Eiga o mimashou. Ongaku o kikimashou. Tegami o kakimashou. Hon o yomimashou. Tabemashou. Nomimashou. Kuruma o kaimashou. Nihongo o benkyou shimashou. |
Let's go to the park. Let's watch a movie. Let's listen to music. Let's write a letter. Let's read a book. Let's eat. Let's drink. Let's buy a car. Let's study Japanese. |
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mashou form is also a nice way to ask people if they want to do something
with you. Just add the particle ka to the end of the sentence to make
it "shall we~?". Examples: |
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| Kouen ni ikimashou ka. |
Shall we go to the park? |
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| Nihongo
o benkyou shimashou ka. |
Shall we study Japanese? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A more formal way to ask if someone will do something with you is to
use the masen ka ending. This is more like asking "Won't you do
this?" |
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Examples: Zasshi
o yomimasen ka. |
Won't you read a magazine? Won't you go to school? |
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Lesson 11 Vocabulary: tabemasu -masu eiga |
to eat present/future positive verb
ending movie |
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