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I want to ask someone a question as to whether they want to do something.

> Would you like to play Minecraft on the computer?

Would this be written as

> コンピューターでマインクラフトをあそびましょうか。

OR

> コンピューターでマインクラフトをあそびましょうですか。

?

Is there any difference between these two or is the second one just
grammatically incorrect?
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grammar politeness questions
Can I use both ましょう and ですか?
No, you cannot use it like this.

です is used after い-adjectives or な-adjectives or nouns, making it polite. The
non-polite form would be だ or nothing for な-adj and nouns, or nothing at all
for い-adj.

The ましょう construct in question is one of the conjugations of Japanese
_**verbs**_ , namely the volitional form in its polite version. The non-polite
volitional form would be simply *おう.

です can NEVER go with _**verbs**_.

Example:

> Polite: 僕は学生です Non-polite: 僕は学生 / 僕は学生だ  
>  Polite: 風が強いです Non-polite: 風が強い  
>  Polite: 歌を歌いましょう！学校に行きましょう！ Non-polite: 歌を歌おう！学校に行こう！

The following is wrong:

> 歌を歌いましょうです！ or 歌を歌おうです！
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