N4

Volitional form: invitations and resolve

Form a casual invitation or personal resolve. Compare it with the polite invitation ましょう.

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Sentence pattern

Group 1: final う-row → お-row + う; Group 2: る → よう; する → しよう; 来る → 来よう(こよう)

Examples

  1. 一緒に帰ろう。

    Let’s go home together.

  2. 今日は早く寝よう。

    I’ll go to bed early today.

  3. 次の休みに何をしようか。

    What shall we do on our next day off?

When to use it

もう少し待とう can suggest waiting together or express your own resolve. It is different from ordering someone to act. With someone you do not know well, 一緒に行きましょう can be more appropriate. This form also appears in 勉強しようと思います.

Form

Group 1: final う-row → お-row + う; Group 2: る → よう; する → しよう; 来る → 来よう(こよう)

Check the examples

一緒に帰ろう。 — Let’s go home together.

今日は早く寝よう。 — I’ll go to bed early today.

次の休みに何をしようか。 — What shall we do on our next day off?

Watch out

見る becomes 見よう; 見ろ is an imperative. 来よう is read こよう, not くよう.

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