Because this is chance encounter with 〜ので
Grammar Explanation: Objective reason with 〜ので
When Cocoa picks up another student’s dropped handkerchief, she uses the opportunity to show off her devilish nature to Chiya they discussed earlier.
- ココア:
- 「これも何かの縁なので今度お昼一緒にどうですか？」
- “How about we have lunch together next time, since this, too, is a meeting of chance?”
- Literal: “Since this too is some kind of connection, how about lunch together next time?”
- “How about we have lunch together next time, since this, too, is a meeting of chance?”
Key Points
1縁なので turns the encounter into a reason
- Cocoa treats their meeting as 何かの縁, a connection brought about by chance, and uses it to support her invitation.
2これも and 何か soften the claim
- これも means “this too”, and 何かの leaves the kind of connection vague instead of making the encounter sound fated.
3お昼一緒にどうですか is an invitation
- The omitted action is having lunch, so the line asks whether they would like to eat together next time.
Vocabulary
一緒 (Together)
一緒 means together, in company with, or as one set.
今度 (This time)
今度 generally has two meanings: (1) the present (this time) and (2) the near future (next time). Depending on the context, it can refer to either the “past to present” or the “future”.
See Also
- Grammar: Marking the topic with は and も
- Kanji: Measures and degrees with 度
- Kanji: Now and the present with 今
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