Use of "Be up to something"

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Hi guys !

I am not a native speaker so forgive me if it seems a stupid question.
Recently I was having a conversation with a girl. I was trying to make a friendship with her and I wanted to invite her for a date. So I asked her : "If you are up to some drink". What I meant to say was basically : If you don't mind to have some drink together.... Well I don't know If phrase "be up to something" is gramatically correct in this situation.

Can somebody clarify it for me ?

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@Learn4ever,

I would suggest...

"Would you like to have a drink with me some time?"

The idiom you were trying to use is correct, but a little more complicated and less clear.

You could say...

"Would you be up for a drink with me some time?"

But I would recommend the first option... That is the one I would likely use.

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@Learn4ever,

I am curious Learn4ever... What is your native language?

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@maxdancona,

Hi Maxdancona

Thanks for your reply ! Thanks for examples and correcting me on this one Smile

I guess that it is rather uncommon to use "if" condition with "be up to something"... The second example you provided using "would" looks better to me because it sounds less "forced" to me.

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@maxdancona,

My native language is Russian but I do speak Dutch and French as well because I've been leaving in Belgium for a very long time Smile

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To “be up to “ = idiom meaning possibility, availability or consideration and is followed be a verb or verbal phrase.

Are you up to going out tonite.

Would you be up to a vacation next year?

She wasn’t up to going out so late.

It is not the same as “ up to” as in “He is up to no good.”

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