Inviting With tayo
Suggesting Something Together
A contemplated actor-focus verb with attached tayo can mean “let’s.”
How It Works
A contemplated actor-focus verb with tayo can propose an action for the speaker and listener together. Write the short pronoun attached to its host in the selected modern orthography: Agawidtayo idiay balay can invite someone to go home together. The dictionary directly documents an inclusive invitation with an ag- verb.
Compare Agadaltayo, “Let’s study,” with Agadalkami, “We will study,” where the second group excludes the listener. Tayo itself expresses inclusion; it does not invariably turn a statement into an invitation. The same contemplated form can announce a shared plan.
The examples use actor-focus verbs, so tayo identifies the performers. No additional pluralizing reduplication is required merely because several people participate. Other voices have their own participant marking. Use the appropriate verb construction rather than treating tayo as an independent word meaning “let’s.”
Examples (3)
- Agawidtayo idiay balay.
Let’s go home.
An invitation to return home together.
- Uminumtayo iti danum.
Let’s drink some water.
Tayo includes the speaker and listener among the drinkers.
- Agadaltayo iti Ilokano.
Let’s study Ilocano.
The contemplated action proposes studying together.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Use inclusive tayo to suggest acting together.
Related Patterns
Practice Inviting With tayo in Bubblegum
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