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When it comes to asking questions, specifically about **invitation** and
**want/desire** , I've come across sentences that avoid using specific
patterns (ませんか/ましょうか, or たい/ほしい), and just use basic future tense instead.
When and why can this be done? What are the differences in nuance?

[Example 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYQM7BhJJns&t=155s): 「行くか?」 for
"Wanna go?" What are the differences with more "textbook" invitation patterns:
「行かない?・行きませんか。」「行こうか・行きましょうか。」

[Example 2](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/68228/can-you-answer-
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question-%e4%bd%95%e3%82%92%e9%a3%b2%e3%81%bf%e3%81%be%e3%81%99%e3%81%8b-with-%e6%b0%b4%e3%81%a7%e3%81%99):
Since politely asking about someone's desires directly is tricky in Japanese,
one natural way to ask the equivalent of 「何か飲みたいですか?」 is 「何か飲みますか?」 Does this
hold true for all questions about desire? For example, let's say two people on
a trip are loosely planning their schedule: Is it OK to say 「明日早く起きますか?」 for
"Do you want to wake up early tomorrow?"
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Asking about invitation/desire in basic tense, vs. specific patterns?
"行かない?" is an invitation ("Why don't you go?"), so the speaker _expects_ the
listener will go. On the other hand, "行く(か)?" ("Wanna go?" or "Do you go?") is
a neutral question about the listener's intention, so the listener can respond
with "No" without disappointing anyone. "行こうか" is like "So let's go" or "It's
time to go", and it sounds like the speaker isn't even asking about the
listener's intention (maybe the speaker already knows the answer).

"明日早く起きますか?" has to be translated with or without _want_ , depending on the
context. If they already have a detailed schedule for tomorrow, then _want_ is
unnecessary because the question is to confirm a schedule that has already
been set. However, if this is a question for deciding what to do tomorrow, it
is natural to say "Do you want...".
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