Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Of Swords and Shields: Part 2/Grammar

The volitional form; plain tense

You probably already studied the volitional form (Let's ~) in the polite tense (～ましょう)

• (If not, check out Tae Kim's guide, "Making a motion to do something using the volitional form (polite)" here: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/desire )

In this lesson, we will see how to form the "Let's ~" in the plain tense.

For る verbs, take off the final る and add よう.

• 食べよう　 Let's eat
• 寝よう　　　Let's sleep

For う verbs, change the verb to Base 5 and add う

• 買う　 買おう Let's buy
• 読む　 読もう Let's read
• 乗る　 乗ろう Let's ride
• 死ぬ　 死のう Let's die (Hopefully, something you don't come across..)

する and　来る are irregular; their forms are しよう and　こよう.

• 借りておこう! Let's plan on returning (it)!
• 剣で草を切ろう Let's cut the grass with the sword.
• オイラとれんしゅうしよう Let's practice together.