Talk:let's go

Subjunctive

1st person plural imperative? I didn't think English one of those.. wouldn't it be subjunctive? --Vladisdead 07:48, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

The funny thing is that at least as many people don't believe that English has a subjuntive mood! I happen to believe in both but I'm aware that this use here may go under various names or even be nameless. English subjunctives usually involve "would" or "should" or share a form with the past tense. See what a Google search finds. — Hippietrail 08:17, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Sure it does, but we call it hortatory &c. — LlywelynII 23:34, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Precedent

Doesn't this set a precedent for making an entry for the let's form of other verbs?

• let's eat
• let's leave
• let's not

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Nope --Jackofclubs 07:52, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, although you could gloss the idea being that we're saying "here's what it could normally mean as opposed to these other more specific instances". — LlywelynII 23:36, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

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let's go

Sense 2: "Hurry up, be quick." I think that's an implication: "let's go [literally: let us depart, let us be on our way); I am ready to go; hurry up so that we can go". I don't think it's an actual sense of the phrase. As a footnote, if sense 2 fails, then sense 1 no longer merits an entry because it's SoP, like let's eat; here, its literal meaning is only useful to contrast with the less literal sense 2. Equinox ◑ 21:21, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

But it's missing the sense of I suggest we start (any activity) asap. As in Let's get on with it. -- ALGRIF talk 14:31, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Again, let us go (the sense of go that means start). Let's begin. Equinox ◑ 22:20, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Actually, given the huge number of senses of the word go and the limited extent of let's go I think this makes it less than SoP and something quite specific. Egyptian pyramid perhaps? -- ALGRIF talk 17:18, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Ugh. That argument suggests we should have go to the shops because go doesn't mean "a player's turn in a game" and shops doesn't mean "turns in to the police". Equinox ◑ 00:18, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

No, it does not, because a pragmatic assessment of go to the shops would easily suggest the correct meaning of go. 63.95.64.254 03:23, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Go is not used in the most obvious sense, so this is a keeper, and a strong one at that since let's go is commonly used as a command when it's more about "you" than "us". 63.95.64.254 03:23, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Keep, not just the sum of its parts. Mglovesfun 02:31, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Keep. I think the differences in the translations make the point well. Ƿidsiþ 09:14, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Keep. It also occurs to me that "let's" + any verb is a suggestion, except for this entry, which is more like an order. -- ALGRIF talk 17:31, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Question: Is there an additional sports-related sense, as used in chanting "Let's go!" for sports teams? It doesn't really seem to mean "hurry up", but seems to mean "let's win" or "let's rally". --EncycloPetey 18:30, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

But doesn't (deprecated template usage) go have that same sense in "Go, team!", and maybe also in "Way to go!"? —Ruakh_TALK 20:57, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Kept per consensus --Jackofclubs 12:40, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Hortatory

The last verb form ("Yay") seems to just be misunderstanding what the words mean. "Let's go" literally and in practice are encouragement to further success and effort, not in any sense an expression of personal satisfaction and happiness. Possibly a British thing, though, so I won't remove it outright pending more feedback. Seems to be misunderstanding a synonym of come on as a synonym of way to go, as above. — LlywelynII 23:36, 3 December 2022 (UTC)