Lesson3:Volitional Form
Audio
Dialog
男:明日デートしよう?
女:私と?なんで突然。。
男:実はずっと好きだったんだ。海にいこう!
女:海は大好きです。いこう!
男:海でビールを飲もう!
女:うん。
M:Ashita deeto shiyou?
F:Watashi to? Nande totsuzen.
M:Jitsu wa zutto suki dattanda. Umi ni ikou!
F:Umi wa daisuki desu. Ikou!
M:Umi de biiru wo nomou!
F:Un
M:Why don’t we go for date tomorow?
F:With me?Why you say that so suddenly?
M:I have to admit that I liked you for a long time. Let’s go to the beach!
F:I like going to the beach. Let’s go!
M:Let’s have some drinks on the beach!
F:Yes!
Grammar explaination
You can use “~よう(~you)、~おう(~ou)” when you want to say ” Let’s do something”.You can use “~よう(~you)、~おう(~ou)” when you want to say ” Let’s do something”.
Volitional form is more casual than ” ましょう” ( Let’s do something).
■The patterns is below:
Group2 verb : たべる→たべよう
Group1 verb :いく→いこう
■Form
Group2 verb:drop る, add よう たべる→たべようGroup1 verb:change the last hiragana in う-step to お-step hiragana, add う のむ→のもういく→いこうirregular:くる→こようする→しよう
Volitional form + か:casual equivalent of 「ましょうか」: shall I? shall we?
Example sentences
デートしよう!Deeto shiyou!
Let’s go on a date!
今晩食事に行こう!Konban shokuji ni ikou!
Let’s go for dinner tonight!
映画に行こうか?Eiga ni ikou ka?
Shall we go to the movies?
Vocabularies
デート deeto(date)
突然 totsuzen(suddenly)
実は jitsuwa(actually)
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