Давай выйдем пораньше, чтобы не стоять в очереди.

Let’s leave a bit earlier so as not to stand in line.

Breakdown of Давай выйдем пораньше, чтобы не стоять в очереди.

• в: in
• стоять: to stand
• не: not
• очередь: the line

Questions & Answers about Давай выйдем пораньше, чтобы не стоять в очереди.

Why does the sentence start with давай? Does it literally mean give here?

No. In this sentence, давай does not mean the literal give.

Here it is used as a very common conversational way to say let’s ...:

• Давай выйдем ... = Let’s go out / let’s leave ...

This pattern is especially common in spoken Russian:

• давай + 1st person plural verb
• давай + infinitive in some contexts as well

So давай выйдем is basically a suggestion or proposal.

It is informal and natural in everyday speech.

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Why is it выйдем and not выходим?