Is the phrase ねぇ、ちょっと寄ってかない？ written incorrectly?


ねぇ、ちょっと寄ってかない？ I came across this banner in a chat room. Would か need to be
added if its a question? I understand the phrase.




This か is **normally** omitted.

As you know, か after a polite marker (です/ます) is very common (～ですか? / ～ますか? /
～ませんか?). However, in casual speech, か is rarely used, and people use rising
intonation instead.

  * 食べる？(↗) Wanna eat?
  * 食べない？(↗) Don't wanna eat? / Why don't we eat?

Actually, adding か here makes the sentence sound fairly **masculine and
blunt**.

  * 食べるか？ (masculine and blunt)
  * 食べないか？ (masculine and blunt)

For example, you may see this form used by a stereotyped stubborn father in
fiction. In reality, I would say speakers of standard Japanese almost never
speak like this. (Um, maybe male pet owners may speak like this to their cats
or dogs...)

Presumably this "ねぇ、ちょっと寄ってかない？" is said by a woman (this phrase is known as a
[Japanese _hosutesu_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_and_hostess_clubs)'s
classic way of touting), so there should **not** be か at the end.




This か is **normally** omitted.

As you know, か after a polite marker (です/ます) is very common (～ですか? / ～ますか? /
～ませんか?). However, in casual speech, か is rarely used, and people use rising
intonation instead.

  * 食べる？(↗) Wanna eat?
  * 食べない？(↗) Don't wanna eat? / Why don't we eat?

Actually, adding か here makes the sentence sound fairly **masculine and
blunt**.

  * 食べるか？ (masculine and blunt)
  * 食べないか？ (masculine and blunt)

For example, you may see this form used by a stereotyped stubborn father in
fiction. In reality, I would say speakers of standard Japanese almost never
speak like this. (Um, maybe male pet owners may speak like this to their cats
or dogs...)

Presumably this "ねぇ、ちょっと寄ってかない？" is said by a woman (this phrase is known as a
[Japanese _hosutesu_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_and_hostess_clubs)'s
classic way of touting), so there should **not** be か at the end.

