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I recently started talking with a Japanese "pen friend" on Skype, and I'd like
to ask her "Should we speak in Japanese or English?"

If I said:

> わたしたちは 日本語を はなしますか。 英語を はなしますか。

does that convey what I'm trying to say? Or is there a better way to express
it?

I would appreciate it if you could reply in kana, I know precious few kanji.
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How to say "Should we [do something]?"
You want to ask your "pen friend" whether she wants to talk with you in
Japanese or English, Don't you?

In this situation, I say "日本語で はなしますか、それとも英語で はなしますか？". This sentence means
"Which would you like to speak in? Japanese or English?"
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A good structure you might want to look into is the
[～ましょう](http://www.renshuu.org/index.php?page=grammar/individual&id=337) verb
ending. It means "let's ___ _" You attach ましょう to the verb stem, so for "let's
speak" it would be はなしましょう.

To make it "shall we ___ _?" you add "か" to the end. So for "shall we speak?"
it would be はなしましょうか？
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xxx xx _しょうか_

xxx xx _syouKa_

e.g. ご飯にしま _しょうか_ gohannishima _syouka_ (shall we have lunch)

e.g. 日本語で話しま _しょうか_ nihongodehanashima _SyoUKa_ (should we talk in Japanese)
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