let's do; shall I / shall we?

Replace masu with mashou to suggest doing something together: ikimashou means let's go. Mashou ka turns it into a question, either offering help (shall I?) or proposing a joint action (shall we?). It accepts an invitation made with masen ka.

Examples

• 一緒いっしょに昼ひるご飯はんを食たべましょう。

  Issho ni hirugohan o tabemashou.

  Let's have lunch together.

• 窓まどを開あけましょうか。

  Mado o akemashou ka.

  Shall I open the window?

Vocabulary in these examples

• 昼ご飯 lunch
• 食べる to eat
• 窓 window
• 開ける to open

Related patterns · Desire, invitation, preferences

• 〜たいです want to do
• 〜がほしいです want (a thing)
• 〜ませんか won't you ...? (invitation)
• 〜をください please give me (a thing)
• 〜が好きです / 嫌いです like / dislike
• 〜が上手です / 下手です good at / bad at