Made a Friend in Japan? This Is How You Swap Contacts (Not Instagram)
To say Want to swap LINE? in Japanese, say LINE交換しませんか？ (LINE kōkan shimasen ka?).
Made a friend in Japan? Don't reach for Instagram. Ask for this instead.
LINE交換しませんか？
LINE kōkan shimasen ka?
Want to swap LINE?
Why this phrase
A Kofuku and Hana role-play: they have just hit it off and Kofuku asks to swap contacts. Hana plays the new friend. Teaches LINE交換しませんか (Japan's default messaging app, not Instagram or WhatsApp) and the polite 〜しませんか invitation. Two-shot intro of both. Note: the brand LINE is spoken as ライン.
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