Breakdown of Leute, lasst uns heute zusammenarbeiten!
wir
we
die Leute
the people
heute
today
lassen
to let, to leave (something)
Questions & Answers about Leute, lasst uns heute zusammenarbeiten!
Why does the sentence use lasst uns instead of lass uns?
The phrase "let's" in German changes depending on who you are talking to. Because the speaker is addressing a group of people (Leute), they use the informal plural imperative form lasst. If you were suggesting this to just one friend, you would say lass uns.
Why does zusammenarbeiten go at the very end of the sentence?
The lasst uns (let us) construction works a lot like a modal verb. The conjugated part (lasst) takes the active verb position, pushing the main action verb (zusammenarbeiten) to the very end of the sentence in its full infinitive form.
zusammenarbeiten is a separable verb. Why isn't the zusammen separated here?
Separable verbs only split when they are the conjugated verb in a standard main clause. Since the lasst uns structure requires the main verb to stay in its infinitive (dictionary) form at the end of the sentence, zusammenarbeiten remains in one piece.
Is Leute the normal way to say "guys" in German?
Yes! While Leute literally translates to "people", it is the most natural and common way to address a group of friends or colleagues informally, exactly like "guys" or "folks" in English.