Grammar rules for using 합시다?
영어로 말 합시다 - is it formal/ informal ?
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"영어로 말 합시다" => 영어로 말합시다 ("말하다" is the base form).
합시다 is a formal sentence ending for making a light proposal, similar to "Let us...".
Here's a family of such endings:
- 합시다: formal, used between adults.
- 하자: informal, used among kids, or between close adult friends.
- 하지(요)?: a weak and soft question form of a proposal.
- 할래(요)?: a stronger question form which can be used to make a proposal.
- 할까(요)?: similar to 할래, but slightly weaker.
* 하지?, 할래?, 할까? have other uses too, like simply asking the other person's intention, so the context and right intonation are important for making the meaning clear.
Examples:
- 이제 그만 (좀) 합시다 / ..그만 좀 하자 - Let's stop it now.
- ..그만 좀 하지(요)? / ..그만 좀 할래(요)? / ..그만 좀 할까(요)?
- 점심 먹으러 갑시다 / 점심 먹으러 가자 - Let's go have lunch.
- 점심 먹으로 가지(요)? / 점심 먹으로 갈래(요)? / 점심 먹으로 갈까(요)?
- 영어로 말합시다 / 영어로 말하자 - Let's speak in English.
- 영어로 말하지(요)? / 영어로 말할래(요)? / 영어로 말할까(요)?
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