Dictionary

let's en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /lɛts/

Etymology

Contraction of let us. Compare non-contracted Dutch laat ons, German lass uns (speaker with one other person) / lasst uns (speaker with more other persons) and Swedish låt oss.

Meanings

1. Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.
   • Let's go for a walk, shall we? -Sure, let’s.
   • Let’s get coffee! 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
   • I say let’s dance.
   • Let’s eat lunch sometime, shall we?
   • Let's buy a bottle of champagne if Mom comes, we’ll wait and see.
2. Used to form the hortative of verbs, equivalent of the second-person plural imperative in some other languages, chiefly instructional
   • Hey guys, let’s check to make sure that we proofread.
   • Y’all, let’s stop talking please, y’all are driving me up the wall!
   • Let’s make sure we don’t forget proper punctuation, let's not let those mistakes happen again.

Forms

Deriveds

let's see · let's have it · let's get this party started · let's say · let's be having you · let's get this circus on the road · let's hear it for someone · let's dance · let's not and say we did · let's roll · let's play · let's know · let's face it · let's go · let's get the party started

Translations (64)

crh aydı (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ar لِـ (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · pt -amos (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ro eg. să mergem (hai) (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · az gəlin (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ht ann (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ko -읍시다 (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · th ...กันเถอะ (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ar دَعْنَا (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · hu -junk (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · he בואי (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · cmn 不如 (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · pt bora (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · tk -eli (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ar هَيَّا (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · sh hajde (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · tk -aýly (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · az -ək (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · de lass/lasst uns (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ang uton (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · lzh 何如 (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · pl -my (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ko -시죠 (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · az gəl (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · nl laten we (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ia vamos (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ms ayuh (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · km តស់ (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · lzh 莫若 (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · yi לאָמיר (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ajp خلينا (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · hy արի (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · lzh 莫如 (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · vi hãy (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · sh hajdemo (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · is við skulum (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · tk -aly (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ht annou (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · sh aj'mo (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · yue 不如 (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · pt -emos (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ro haide (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · da lad os (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · tk geliň (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · tr -elim (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · tk -eýli (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · mn -ъя (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · tr hadi (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · az haydı (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ko -자 (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · cmn 我們 (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · tr -alım (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · az -aq (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · id ayo (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · pt vamos (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · he בוא (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · hu -jünk (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · tk -eliň (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · ms mari (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · tk -alyň (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · tr haydi (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · id mari (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · hy քել (let us; forming first-person plural imperative) · de wollen wir + (let us; forming first-person plural imperative)