New phrase: Is it correct:

[Neko_Shiroi]

Tou wa Ikitai ka?
Party (topic) To go (expressing a will with itai) (question particle)


Is this the correct way of asking if someone wants to go to a party?

 

[ludoNL]

Wouldn't you use 'ni' in this sentence, as you're asking if someone wants to go 'to' the party.

Tou ni ikitai desu ka?

I'm not sure, though.

 

[undrentide]

Tou wa Ikitai ka?
Party (topic) To go (expressing a will with itai) (question particle)


Is this the correct way of asking if someone wants to go to a party?

First of all, 党（とう） tou has narrower meaning than the English word "party", tou is a group of people, usually a political party.

If you want to ask someone if she/he wants to go to a party, you can say
パーティに行きたいですか？
Paatii ni ikitai desu ka?
"Paatii" comes from English word "party".
And as ludoNL pointed out, go "to" a party is not "wa" but "ni".
"ikitai ka" sounds more than casual - I recommend to stick to the polite form when you start learning Japanese. You can make it polite by adding "desu".

 

[akai ken]

I have a question about that sentence too.

If now paatii was the subject, why is it that you don't use wa? Can you put one particle next to other?

 

[undrentide]

I have a question about that sentence too.

If now paatii was the subject, why is it that you don't use wa? Can you put one particle next to other?

The particle "wa" is roughly translated as "as for".
In a sentence like "do you want to go to a party", how can I make it a subject?


If the sentence is something like "this party is boring", then it is possible to say with "wa" i.e. kono paatii wa tsumaranai desu.

By the way, "wa" is not a subject marker but a topic marker.
Which means its preceding is the topic of the sentence. It can be the subject of the verb of the sentence but not necessarily.
It is "ga" which indicate its preceding word is the subject.

 

[Ghik]

Would it be correct to use 'niwa' here to express both topic and target?

 

[nice gaijin]

perhaps if you wanted to emphasize the party over other choices? But it's not necessary, and in question form sounds a bit odd.

 

[dark_secrester]

As said above by undrentide, Tou can often be classed as a political gathering. Paati (パアチ) is a lot better to use.

 

[Glenn]

パーティ and パーティー are much more common than パアチ. I can't recall having seen パアチ.

 

[nice gaijin]

lol, パアチ is not a word.

 

[JimmySeal]

I think a much more natural way to invite somebody to a party would be
Paati e ikimasu ka?

I strongly suggest that OP refrain from trying to form random sentences by plucking words from a dictionary and just be content to observe Japanese and stick to what he already knows.

24. Only use language you have seen or heard
My own advice to a language-learner, from the very beginning, would be extremely simple and straightforward. Never use language that you have not seen or heard and which, as far as is humanly possible, you therefore know to be correct. This is at first an extremely difficult discipline – but only, I would emphasise, at first; like anything else it will rapidly become second-nature if you stick to it. The student that learns this way – ultra-patient, some might think it – will perhaps proceed a shade slower at first but I have no doubt at all that they will learn the language a great deal more satisfactorily and satisfyingly in the end as a result. With specific respect to dictionary-use, I would advise learners only ever to use a dictionary to look up things they already know, either to check spelling or to find a word (in the language learnt) that is on the tip of the tongue or simply to satisfy your curiosity as to what the dictionary has to say about it. Never use a dictionary as a means of learning anything. It isn't any such thing.

 

[dark_secrester]

Sorry, it's my IME acting up again. It keeps doing stupid things, like putting wa for a particle when I did type ha, and putting things in katakana when I know for sure that I was using the hiragana piece. And loads of other stuff. I'm going to update, and if that doesn't work, reboot my PC.
Sorry again.

 

[Glenn]

If you type "ti" you're going to get ち (or チ if you have katakana input selected). I don't remember what the trick that nice gaijin uses is, but I type てぃ/ティ as "texi."

 

[acquiredtarget]

So here's my question, If you're inviting a good friend, would "Paatii ga isshoni ikumasu" be more correct/I-have-no-clue-as-to-what-i'm-talking-about-so-I-should-give-it-up?

 

[Glenn]

If you're inviting a good friend I'd say issho ni pâti e ikô? But that's if you're both going to someone else's party. If you're inviting a friend to your party, then kuru? would probably suffice, assuming your friend knows that you're talking about your party. If you're talking about it for the first time, it gets a bit longer, like nee, X (friend's name), kon-shûmatsu pâti o hirakô to omotte'nda kedo sa, kuru? or something like that.

Pâti ga issho ni ikimasu would mean "a party goes with (me)."

 

[acquiredtarget]

Pâti ga issho ni ikimasu would mean "a party goes with (me)."

Well, I'm just that kind of a guy. Just kidding, I couldn't resist.

Thanks for the clarification. I was trying to flex those mental muscles I thought I had.

 

[yukio_michael]

Tou wa Ikitai ka?
Party (topic) To go (expressing a will with itai) (question particle)


Is this the correct way of asking if someone wants to go to a party?

probably better: either the katakaa "paati", which has been used more casually around me, or "konpa", which is also usually written in katakana, but more suggests drinking as the primary activity....

konpa ikimashou? works pretty well... or in plain form

konpa ikou?

I think... from reading the other examples, my translations are closer to "shall we go to the party".....

First of all, 党（とう） tou has narrower meaning than the English word "party", tou is a group of people, usually a political party.

If you want to ask someone if she/he wants to go to a party, you can say
パーティに行きたいですか？
Paatii ni ikitai desu ka?

undrentideﾆ探ﾆ停?慊 seems to have explained it well, so I'll re-iterate that here. (just to cover up my foolishness)

HOWEVER: if it's a party you both already know about, and possibly had planed on going to, I think my examples suffice!

 

[Glenn]

Well, I'm just that kind of a guy. Just kidding, I couldn't resist.

Yeah, that had occured to me after I typed it too.

Thanks for the clarification. I was trying to flex those mental muscles I thought I had.

No problem. If you never try, you'll never get anywhere. At least now you have a better idea of what you know.

 

[hehehehehe!]

so which is the correct one? is it "paatii ni ikimasu" or "paatii he ikimasu"

 

[Buntaro]

"Paati e ikimasu" is more general and means "headed for the party." "Paati ni ikimasu" is more specific and means "go to the exact location of the party." "Paati e ikimasu" is correct.

 

[Toritoribe]

so which is the correct one? is it "paatii ni ikimasu" or "paatii he ikimasu"

Both are equally correct. "Ni" and "e" are interchangeable there.