Давай хотя бы спокойно поужинаем вместе.

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Breakdown of Давай хотя бы спокойно поужинаем вместе.

• вместе: together
• давай: let's
• хотя бы: at least

Questions & Answers about Давай хотя бы спокойно поужинаем вместе.

What does давай mean here?

Here давай is used to make a suggestion, like let's in English.

So:

• Давай поужинаем = Let’s have dinner
• Давай хотя бы спокойно поужинаем вместе = Let’s at least have dinner together peacefully

Literally, давай comes from the verb давать (to give), but in everyday Russian it very often works as a conversational particle meaning come on / let’s.

With one person, давай is informal.
With more than one person, or in polite speech, Russian often uses давайте.

Why is it поужинаем, not ужинаем?

Поужинаем is the perfective form of the verb, while ужинаем is imperfective.

• ужинать = to be having dinner / to have dinner in general
• поужинать = to have dinner as a completed event

After давай, Russian very often uses a form like поужинаем to suggest doing one complete action:

• Давай поужинаем = Let’s have dinner
• Давай ужинать = Let’s eat / let’s start having dinner

So поужинаем sounds like let’s sit down and have dinner, viewed as one whole event.