How to ask someone if they want a drink

God · 21 Sep 2004

There are many ways to ask a person if they want to go get a drink together, i was wondering if some of you could clue me in to translations for a few.

Would you like to go for a drink?
Do you want to go have a drink with me?

Is there a difference in those in the way they are said? Do the japanese have different ways of composing sentences that are closely the same.

Do you want to go get smashed?

or in short.

Wanna go get drunk?

Fantt · 21 Sep 2004

Well, in Pimsleur that's one of the first things they teach you.

It's probably not colloquial, but here's what I learned...

watashi to nani ka nomimasen ka?
Won't you have a drink with me?

watashi no tokoro de nomimasen ka?
Wouldn't you like to have a drink back at my place?

Nomimasen ka?
Wouldn't you like to have a drink?

Nani o nomimasu ka?
What would you like to drink?

I wouldn't doubt if I've screwed up some of the grammar, but harassing women is a skill learned early on with Pimsleur.

God · 22 Sep 2004

Nomimasen ka? seems like a negative way...

perhaps it is more in relation to.

Do you not wish to drink? or plainly

Drink not?

Thanks for the input fantt

Fantt · 22 Sep 2004

Well, nomimasen ka means the same thing as Wouldn't you like to drink? which uses the english negative. And it sounds more convincing than Will you drink with me?

Elizabeth · 22 Sep 2004

"How about going back to my place for a drink?"

(Watashi no tokoro ni) Nomi ni ikemasenka (ikanai?)

Bi-ru demo nomi ni ikemasenka?

How about a drink?

Ippai (one cup) ikaga (dou) desuka (how about?)?

I'll try conjuring up some of the varients later....

Glenn · 22 Sep 2004

Elizabeth said:
"How about going back to my place for a drink?"

(Watashi no tokoro ni) Nomi ni ikemasenka (ikanai?)

Bi-ru demo nomi ni ikemasenka?

How about a drink?

Ippai (one cup) ikaga (dou) desuka (how about?)?

I'll try conjuring up some of the varients later....

Shouldn't that be ikimasen?

I have a question, now. How about yottekoyouka or some varient of that? Or maybe yoi ni ikan? or something would be better? (this is for "let's get drunk")

Elizabeth · 22 Sep 2004

Glenn said:
Shouldn't that be ikimasen?

I must have been thinking of .....sasete itadakemasenka?

Glenn · 22 Sep 2004

Elizabeth said:
I must have been thinking of .....sasete itadakemasenka?

LOL. Touche.

vorpar · 22 Sep 2004

Hopefully I remember this correctly, you can say: Shall we drink?

のみましょか

Again, not entirely certain if alcohol would be implied.

おさけをのみましょか

Glenn · 22 Sep 2004

Well, the way you have it isn't wrong, but I would recommend putting another う in there. I.e. のみましょうか. This way is more formal.

Elizabeth · 22 Sep 2004

There used to be a funny, off-beat dialogue sentence in Japanese For Busy People (I?) about going for a drink after work which no one actually ever says, it may still be in an older edition or the I-II combined book, but one that I wish I could remember now.

MeAndroo · 22 Sep 2004

There's always the "ocha shinai" that I used. That seemed the best way to nanpa when we were there.

Glenn · 22 Sep 2004

Yeah, I was thinking of that one too, but I wasn't sure if it actually meant "do you want some tea?"

MeAndroo · 22 Sep 2004

Well, it does literally, but it's more of a kind of "wanna grab a cup of coffee or something?"

Glenn · 22 Sep 2004

Yeah, I know, which is why I wasn't sure whether it still has its original meaning. I'm thinking that it's been used so much to mean that, that no matter how or when you say it, it'll still mean, "wanna do it?" (well, maybe not that curt).

God · 23 Sep 2004

in terms of sexual reference or else wanna go grab a coffee/tea?

Elizabeth · 23 Sep 2004

I have a question, now. How about yottekoyouka or some variant of that? Or maybe yoi ni ikan? or something would be better? (this is for "let's get drunk")

一緒に酔って欲しい or 一緒に酔ってしまう should be clear enough for "I want us to get drunk together" or "let's get drunk together."

Glenn · 23 Sep 2004

God said:
in terms of sexual reference or else wanna go grab a coffee/tea?

In terms of sexual reference, of course.

Elizabeth · 23 Sep 2004

Glenn said:
In terms of sexual reference, of course.

And 遣りましょう should cover both contingencies.

遣る【やる】 (v5r) (col) (uk) to do; to have sexual intercourse; to kill; to give (to inferiors, animals, etc.); to dispatch (a letter); to send; to study; to perform; to play (sports, game); to have (eat, drink, smoke); to row (a boat); to run or operate (a restaurant); (P)

Glenn · 23 Sep 2004

Yeah, that's a great verb, isn't it? It covers so many meanings; it's like a buffet!

Mike Cash · 23 Sep 2004

Elizabeth said:
I must have been thinking of .....sasete itadakemasenka?

That's the line we save for after we get her to our place, silly.

Scrivener · 26 Sep 2004

Requests to "have a drink" probably would use "ippai" as mentioned above. Random Simpsons quote: "Let the record show that the witness made the drinky-drinky motion"

Get drunk is maybe "gan gan nomou you". Also "paatto yarou yo, paatto!" (let's get into it!)... (looking up my dictionary it has ぱあっと, ひとつ景気よくやろうじゃないか)

But I'm never confident going English to Japanese...

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