verb · intransitive · frequent

let's

let's · let'ses · let'sed · let'sing

wollen wir +, lass/lasst uns

Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural…Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.

/lɛts/

Meaning

2 senses

Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.
Let’s eat lunch sometime, shall we?
I say let’s dance.
lass/lasst uns, wollen wir +
Used to form the hortative of verbs, equivalent of the second-person plural imperative in some other languages, chiefly instructional
Let’s make sure we don’t forget proper punctuation, let's not let those mistakes happen again.
Hey guys, let’s check to make sure that we proofread.

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By meaning 1

let us; forming first-person plural imperative:

Origin

Contraction of let us. Compare non-contracted Dutch laat ons, German lass uns (speaker wit

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.

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Forms

let'ses, let'sing, let'sed, let'sed

Base form	let's · to let's
3rd person singular	let'ses
Present participle	let'sing
Past simple	let'sed
Past participle	let'sed

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	let's
he, she, it	let'ses

Past simpleLesson

all persons

let'sed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have let'sed
he, she, it	has let'sed

Future simple (will)Lesson