Lesson 5. Grammar Item #4 (p. 103)

Let’s drink coffee at a coffee shop.

(= We shall drink coffee at a coffee shop.)

· (We) drink coffee at a coffee shop.

à きっさてんで　コーヒーを　 のみます

nom-imas-u

drink-Polite-Present

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Use /yoう/, e.g., in place of the present tense /u/, to mean ‘shall’, as in ‘I shall go’, ‘We shall go’, or ‘Let’s go’. For example, ‘Let’s drink’ is:

のみましょう

nom-imas-you

drink-Polite-Shall

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1) きっさてんで　コーヒーを　のみましょう。

a) Let’s study in the library together.

b) Shall we buy this house?

c) Let’s swim over there.