01
PATTERN
N を V
を marks the direct object of a transitive verb.
EXAMPLE · 例文毎朝 コーヒー を 飲みます。
I drink coffee every morning.
第6課 · COMPLETE LESSON
いっしょに しませんか
Actions and invitations
Grammar first. Vocabulary ready when you are.These notes follow the grammar progression in the supplied Kanrin / Minna no Nihongo material. Each rule is summarized in English and paired with a fresh Japanese example, reading support, and translation.
GRAMMAR NOTES · 文法Build the pattern.
Build the pattern.
Then see it move.
Read the rule, cover the translation, and say the Japanese example aloud once.
02
PATTERN
place で V
で marks the place where an action happens.
EXAMPLE · 例文図書館 で 本 を 読みます。
I read a book at the library.
03
PATTERN
何を しますか
何 plus を asks what action someone does. Before します it is usually pronounced なに.
EXAMPLE · 例文週末 何 を しますか。
What will you do at the weekend?
04
PATTERN
Vませんか
A negative question is a soft, polite invitation: “Would you like to…?”
EXAMPLE · 例文一緒に 映画 を 見ませんか。
Would you like to watch a film together?
05
PATTERN
Vましょう
Use ましょう to suggest doing something together or to accept an invitation.
EXAMPLE · 例文少し 休みましょう。
Let’s take a short break.
LESSON WORDS · 語彙
Open spaced repetition →55 words from this lesson.
eat
drink
smoke [a cigarette]
see, look at, watch
hear, listen
read
write (かきます can also mean to draw or paint, but in this case it is written with hiragana in this book)
buy
take [a photograph]
do, play
meet [a friend]
a meal, cooked rice
breakfast
lunch
supper
bread
egg
meat
fish
vegetable
fruit
water
tea, green tea
black tea
milk
juice
beer
alcohol, Japanese rice wine
tobacco, cigarette
letter
report
photograph
video [tape], video deck
store, shop
garden
homework (～を します : do homework)
tennis (～を します : play tennis)
soccer, football (～を します : play soccer)
cherry-blossom viewing (～を します : view the cherry blossoms)
what
together
a little while, a little bit
always, usually
sometimes
after that, and then
yes
That's good.
I see
Yes? (lit: What is it?)
See you [tomorrow].
Mexico
a fictitious department store
a fictitious restaurant
a fictitious supermarket
a fictitious supermarket