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[david-us.livejournal.com]

How do Russians express the following phrases? Is there a common construction?

"Let's go!"

"Let's read!"

"Let's listen!"

"Let's clean this place up!"

"Let's concentrate on what we're doing."

Comments

[oryx_and_crake]

Давай(те) пойдем!
Давай(те) почитаем!
etc.

[trepang.livejournal.com]

or just:

Пойдем!
Почитаем!
Послушаем!
Уберемся!
Сосредоточимся на нашем занятии

[malim-praedari.livejournal.com]

The syntax is : "Дава́й" (or "дава́йте" if using plural or polite address) + verb in future perfective

In some cases you can also simply use the imperative form of the verb:

"Пойдём" (informal address or command) / "Пойдёмте" (formal or polite address) -- "Let's go".

"Поку́рим" (this actually works both as informal and formal address; confusing, I know) -- "Let's have a smoke".

Etc.

[serpent-849.livejournal.com]

Also "пошли!". I believe this one can be used only with verbs of motion (поехали, побежали etc)

[xacah-tdi.livejournal.com]

"Let's go!" may also be translated as "Начали!" or "Вперед!"

[surasure.livejournal.com]

"Пойдем!" (there's a common mistake: "Пошли!" - that's how you tell the person cares about keeping the language clean and correct.)
"Давай пойдем" is also a normal phrase, but implies that you'll complete the offer with something (Давай пойдем в кино / домой / уже!)


"Давай почитаем / читать!"
"Давай послушаем / слушать!"
"Давай уберемся тут / приберем это место!"
"Давай сосредоточимся на том, что мы делаем."

[hound-lancer.livejournal.com]

"пошлИ" is preferable for "let's go" if informal

[ushastyj-zver.livejournal.com]

Let's go - Пойдём(те)! (without "давайте")
Let's read - Давай(те) почитаем
The teacher can say smth like А сейчас почитаем to the group
Let's listen! - Давайте послушаем! if you want the others to keep silent
or Послушайте if you want smb to listen to smth.
Let's clean this place up! - Давайте приберем здесь!
Let's concentrate on what we're doing - Давайте сосредоточимся!
The teacher can say (to the students) Сосредоточились! and it would function as an imparative mood.

[ushastyj-zver.livejournal.com]

Давай сосредоточимся на том, что мы делаем

Но это же просто калька с английского, мы так не говорим.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Пойдём is OK (as it's a verb of motion,) but others, and especially уберёмся, sound rather ridiculous :)

[malim-praedari.livejournal.com]

Yes, "дава́йте не бу́дем отвлека́ться" would be better.

[ex-tritopor.livejournal.com]

Валим, сваливаем.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

That is a very different form: it's the imperfective present tense plural 1st person substitute of imperative, widely used in colloquial speech, while the form in question is either perfective future tense plural 1st person (in case of the verbs of motion,) or давай(те)+said form.

[archaicos.livejournal.com]

Уберёмся is OK, though might be ambiguous. Приберёмся is probably better.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

OK, let's play mom and daddy.
[Mom and daddy are sitting peacefully in front of TV. Mom knits.]
Mom: У нас с тобой есть ещё одно дело на сегодня.
Dad [drops his beer]: Это какое ещё?
Mom: Уберёмся! (OK: Приберёмся!)

You seriously feel that somebody would ever say that without "давай"? :)

[archaicos.livejournal.com]

It could probably be any other verb in this example and it would sound awkward. After all, he's asking about a noun and she's replying with a command consisting of a single word, a verb. Try напьёмся или поеб**ся and it will sound just as bad. :)

[rower.livejournal.com]

just be prepared to hear "спошлить или послать?" as an answer.
i prefer using "пойдём!" or "идём!" instead.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

What I say is, it's not very likely that anybody will employ in Russian the single-word form of "let's" construction without the actual "let's" in it, unless it's a verb of motion (and, more specifically, if not almost exclusively, пойдём).

[archaicos.livejournal.com]

Your example is bad. To fix it you need to change the verb in the last reply to its infinitive form:
- У нас с тобой есть ещё одно дело на сегодня.
- Это какое ещё?
- Убраться/прибраться (в квартире), приготовить ужин, пойти/сходить в гости и т.д.
In this case you lose the imperative, though.

Anyhow, I don't see anything bad in the following situation:
[She holds two dusters in her hands, offering one to him and giving her best seductive looks]:
Уберёмся/приберёмся!? :)

[towarysc.livejournal.com]

Just by the way (it's maybe offtopic, but still): the phrase that always delightes me (when I hear it or when I use it myself) is:
Пойдём сходим покурим!

Seems like "сходим покурим" is a complex verb for a single action:)

[fortsas.livejournal.com]

Never heard it before )
More widespread is the famous "Пойдем-ка покурим-ка" )))

[surasure.livejournal.com]

Не знаю, почему вы так не говорите.. так говорить можно, тут нет никакой ошибки. the thing is that we'd rather cut off the ending in most cases, or make it shorter. only that.

[oryx_and_crake]

Please note that the working language of this community is English. Thank you.

[towarysc.livejournal.com]

You might not pay attention. I also used not to notice such an unlogical usage until once I catched myself on speaking it out:)

[towarysc.livejournal.com]

*cathed caught, of course. Smth's wrong with me:)

[ushastyj-zver.livejournal.com]

OK, thank you.
Давайте сосредоточимся на том, что мы делаем is just a translation of the English sentence.

[ushastyj-zver.livejournal.com]

It is grammatically correct, but it doesn't sound natural.