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N5 — outside your level filter

ませんか

ませんかmasen kaN5neutral

savor + won't you…?

ajiwai masen ka

won't you…?; how about…?

meaning: won't you savor

Same meaningRelated

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜ませんか
  • 味あじわいませんか

今度こんどの日曜にちよう、一緒いっしょに美術館びじゅつかんへ味あじわいませんか。

kondo no nichiyou, issho ni bijutsukan e ajiwai masen ka.

This Sunday, won't you savor to the museum with me? neutral

すみません、この辺へんに郵便局ゆうびんきょくはありませんか。

sumimasen, kono hen ni yuubinkyoku wa arimasen ka.

Excuse me, isn't there a post office around here? neutral

Same meaning4

let's; shall we

All examples5

won't you…? — inviting someone to join or do something

  1. 今度こんどの日曜にちよう、一緒いっしょに美術館びじゅつかんへ行いきませんか。

    kondo no nichiyou, issho ni bijutsukan e iki masen ka.

    This Sunday, won't you go to the museum with me? neutral

  2. 帰かえりにラーメンでも食たべていきませんか？

    kaeri ni raamen demo tabete ikimasen ka?

    Want to grab some ramen on the way home? neutral

  3. よろしければ、来週らいしゅうの見学会けんがくかいに参加さんかしませんか。

    yoroshikereba, raishuu no kengakukai ni sankashi masen ka.

    If you are interested, won't you join next week's tour? formal

isn't there…? — the plain negative question, where nobody is being invited anywhere

  1. すみません、この辺へんに郵便局ゆうびんきょくはありませんか。

    sumimasen, kono hen ni yuubinkyoku wa arimasen ka.

    Excuse me, isn't there a post office around here? neutral

  2. お子こさんは、まだ牛乳ぎゅうにゅうは飲のみませんか。

    okosan wa, mada gyuunyuu wa nomimasen ka.

    Is your child still not drinking milk? neutral

How it's formed1

Notes

ませんか invites only when the listener can do the act. With a verb
nobody controls it is just a question (ありませんか). The casual
version is 行いかない？