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~ませんか

ませんか

Won't you…? (invitation)

Verb stem + ませんか

Soft invitations

  • 一緒に昼ご飯を食べませんか。— Won't you have lunch with me?
  • 映画を見ませんか。— Shall we watch a movie?

~ましょう answers or proposes more directly: 食べましょう — let's eat.

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