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### Saying "Let's": Давай and Давайте

To propose a joint activity in Russian (saying "let's"), you use the word **давай** or **давайте**.

Your choice of word depends on who you are talking to:
- Use **давай** when addressing one person informally (someone you call **ты**).
- Use **давайте** when addressing multiple people, or one person formally (someone you call **вы**).

### Perfective Actions: The "Мы" Form

When suggesting a single, completed action, pair **давай(те)** with a *perfective* verb. The perfective verb must be conjugated in the first-person plural ("we") form of the future tense.

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### Planning and Inviting

This structure is extremely common when organizing events, outings, and celebrations with friends or colleagues.

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### Imperfective Actions: The Infinitive

If you are suggesting an ongoing or continuous action, you must use an *imperfective* verb. Unlike perfective verbs, an imperfective verb following **давай(те)** is NOT conjugated—it stays in its infinitive form.

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### Expanding Your Suggestions

You can easily build on these invitations by adding a **чтобы** clause to explain *why* you are getting together, or by following up with an encouraging phrase like **это будет весело** (it will be fun).

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Suggestions and joint actions (давай, давайте)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

predicative

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Presentative (это)

Noun gender

Soft-sign nouns (-ь)

Subject pronouns (я, ты, он...)

Yes/no questions (да / нет)

Basic interrogatives (кто / что)

Basic negation (не)

Coordinating conjunctions (и / а)

Possessive pronouns (мой, твой, наш, ваш)

Demonstrative pronouns (этот, эта, это)

Adjective agreement

Which and whose (какой, чей)

First conjugation verbs, singular (-ать)

First conjugation verbs, plural (-ать)

Second conjugation verbs (-ить)

Irregular present tense verbs

Adverbs of manner (как, очень)

Locations in prepositional case (в / на)

Prepositional case modifiers (-ом, -ой)

Topics of speech (о, об)

Direct objects (-у, -ю)

Direct object pronouns (меня, тебя)

Verbs of motion (идти, ехать)

Destination (куда, в, на)

Plural nouns (-ы, -и, -а, -я)

Irregular plural nouns (друзья, дети)

Plural adjectives and pronouns (-ые, -ие)

Numbers 1 to 10 (один, два, три)

Possession with pronouns (у меня есть)

Possession with nouns (-а, -я, -ы, -и)

Genitive of negation (нет)

Numbers 2, 3, and 4

Quantities with mass nouns (сколько, много, мало)

Animate direct objects

The past tense of to be (был, была, было, были)

Regular past tense verbs

Time sequence expressions (вчера, завтра, раньше, потом)

Verb aspect in the past tense

Dative personal pronouns (мне, тебе, ему)

Expressing likes (нравится, нравятся)

Absence (нет)

Expressing age (год, года, лет)

Indirect objects (-у, -ю, -е)

Modal verbs (хотеть, мочь)

Reason and contrast (поэтому, но)

Double negation (ничего, никогда)

Reflexive verbs (-ся, -сь)

Polite requests and instructions (-ите, -йте)

Days of the week (в + Accusative)

Compound future tense (буду...)

Simple future tense

Accompaniment (с)

Multidirectional verbs of motion (ходить, ездить)

Greetings and goodbyes (здравствуйте, привет)

Thank you and sorry (спасибо, извините)

Countries and languages (русский, английский)

Meeting people (меня зовут, как дела)

Public transport (трамвай, остановка)

Left, right and the compass (слева, справа)

Places in the city (цирк, зоопарк)

Fruit and vegetables (помидор, огурец)

Post and travel (открытка, чемодан)

Family and relatives (внук, родственник)

Jobs and professions (инженер, продавец)

Sport and games (футбол, теннис)

Describing people (умный, сильный)

Health and the body (болен, здоровье)

The months of the year (январь, февраль)

Accusative feminine and inanimate adjectives (-ую, -юю)

Accusative animate masculine adjectives (-ого, -его)

Short-form adjectives (готов, занят)

Personal obligation (должен, должна)

Professions in the instrumental case

Genitive singular adjectives and possessives

Prepositions of absence and purpose (без, для)

Dative singular adjectives and possessives

Impersonal states (мне холодно)

Impersonal obligation (надо, нужно)

Impersonal permission (можно / нельзя)

Instrumental adjectives and pronouns

Reciprocal verbs (с + Instrumental)

Reflexive possessive pronouns (свой)

Reflexive pronouns (себя)

Specific indefinite pronouns (-то)

Non-specific indefinite pronouns (-нибудь)

Negative pronouns (никто / ничто)

Numbers 11 to 20

Question	Answer
let's (informal)	давай
to go (and come back)	сходить
Let's go to the movies tomorrow.	Давай завтра сходим в кино.
let's (formal or plural)	давайте
to get together	собраться
Let's get together to discuss our project.	Давайте соберёмся, чтобы обсудить наш проект.
to arrange, to throw (an event)	устроить
picnic	пикник
Let's have a picnic in the park.	Давай устроим пикник в парке.
to organize	организовать
hike	поход
Let's organize a hike for the weekend!	Давайте организуем поход на выходные!
to invite (perfective)	пригласить
Let's invite him to the picnic.	Давай пригласим его на пикник.
Let's invite them on a hike.	Давайте пригласим их в поход.
to celebrate (mark an occasion, perfective)	отметить
Let's celebrate your birthday together.	Давай отметим твой день рождения вместе.
Let's celebrate our success!	Давайте отметим наш успех!
Let's get together at my house. I have pizza.	Давайте соберёмся у меня дома. У меня есть пицца.
Let's throw a fun party!	Давай устроим весёлую вечеринку!
Let's work together.	Давай работать вместе.
Let's invite your friend over to watch an interesting movie.	Давайте пригласим твою подругу, чтобы посмотреть интересный фильм.
Let's listen to some music!	Давай послушаем музыку!
Let's go to a good restaurant to celebrate your holiday.	Давай сходим в хороший ресторан, чтобы отметить твой праздник.
Let's have a picnic, that's a wonderful idea!	Давай устроим пикник, это замечательная идея!
cheerfully	весело
Let's organize a picnic, it will be fun!	Давайте организуем пикник, это будет весело!
Let's celebrate this holiday together, it will be fun!	Давай отметим этот праздник вместе, будет весело!