<p>“让我们一起去海滩” sounds more <em>formal</em> and <em>literary</em> to my ear. I would expect to hear it from a formal speech. It sounds like you suggest that we have something meaningful to deal with in the beach. It's like, 让我们一起去海滩来见证这一历史性的时刻(let's move to the beach to witness this historic moment!). </p>

<p>“我们一起去海滩吧！” is a day-to-day phrasing and more conversational. So, use it in a casual speech. </p>

<p>Basically, 让我们 is considered to be a <em>literary</em> and <em>formal</em> device, and 让 is casually and habitually left out in colloquial contexts. </p>

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dan
<p>让我们... means let us... So, yes, it is a way to give suggestion. Of course you can use it but we do not use it as frequently as 我们一起去海滩吧！normally in verbal. Though they are both verbal ways, I will choose the first sentence. You can just think it omit 让.</p>

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Bruce Huang
<p>“我们一起去海滩吧！” or “让我们一起去海滩”???
*** I asked a native speaker about this the other day and he told me that using "让" sounds "too serious". But then today when I asked another native speaker about this, he told me that it'd be just natural and fine to use "让" to express "Let's...". Could someone please explain to me about the usage of 让? Is it really natural to use 让 to invite/persuade other to do something?</p>

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Which one out of these two sentences is the most natural?
# Which one out of these two sentences is the most natural?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-13)

“我们一起去海滩吧！” or “让我们一起去海滩”???
\*\*\* I asked a native speaker about this the other day and he told me that using "让" sounds "too serious". But then today when I asked another native speaker about this, he told me that it'd be just natural and fine to use "让" to express "Let's...". Could someone please explain to me about the usage of 让? Is it really natural to use 让 to invite/persuade other to do something?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-08-14. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

“让我们一起去海滩” sounds more *formal* and *literary* to my ear. I would expect to hear it from a formal speech. It sounds like you suggest that we have something meaningful to deal with in the beach. It's like, 让我们一起去海滩来见证这一历史性的时刻(let's move to the beach to witness this historic moment!).

“我们一起去海滩吧！” is a day-to-day phrasing and more conversational. So, use it in a casual speech.

Basically, 让我们 is considered to be a *literary* and *formal* device, and 让 is casually and habitually left out in colloquial contexts.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-08-13. Score: 1

让我们... means let us... So, yes, it is a way to give suggestion. Of course you can use it but we do not use it as frequently as 我们一起去海滩吧！normally in verbal. Though they are both verbal ways, I will choose the first sentence. You can just think it omit 让.


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