Verb よう・う ⇒ Verb よ・お

About Verb よう・う ⇒ Verb よ・お

The auxiliary verbs よう and う in standard Japanese will be altered slightly in 関西弁(かんさいべん). In each case, this will simply result in removal of the う. This means that the meaning of 'let's' or 'I shall' will be conveyed by either よ by itself (in the case of る - Verbs, する, and くる), or the form of う - Verbs that would usually interact with う (the terminal kana changed to create an お sound).

腹(はら)減(へ)った〜。タコ焼(やき)き食(た)べよ。
I'm starving. Let's eat takoyaki.
明後日(あさって)ユニバ行(い)こ。
Let's go to Universal Studios Japan the day after tomorrow.
部屋(へや)が汚(きたな)くなってきたから明日(あした)は掃除(そうじ)しよ。
Our place is getting messy, so let's clean our apartment tomorrow.
来週(らいしゅう)もここに食(た)べに来(こ)よ。
Let's come here to eat next week.

Fun Fact

The verb form that よう and う interacts with is actually called indeterminate form, and is used for conveying things that have not happened yet. う - Verbs are slightly different to other verbs in this regard, as they have two indeterminate forms. One of them is the form that interacts with う (the お sound kana), and one of them is the form that interacts with ない (the あ sound kana).

私(わたし)は泳(およ)げないので海(うみ)には行(い)かない。 (Indeterminate form)
I can't swim so I don't go to the beach.
明日(あした)みんなで海(うみ)に行(い)こう！ (Also indeterminate form)
Let's go to the beach tomorrow, with everyone!

Examples

何(なに)にしよう。
何(なに)にしよ。
What shall I decide on? (What shall I choose)
寿司(すし)を食(た)べに行(い)こうね。
寿司(すし)を食(た)べに行(い)こな。
Let's go eat sushi okay?
今夜(こんや)は焼肉(やきにく)にしよう。
今夜(こんや)は焼肉(やきにく)にしよ。
Let's decide on yakiniku tonight. (Let's eat yakiniku tonight)
日本(にっぽん)に行(い)こうね。
日本(にっぽん)に行(い)こな。
Let's go to Japan.
映画(えいが)が始(はじ)まるまで、友達(ともだち)と話(はな)しをしよう。
映画(えいが)が始(はじ)まるまで、友達(ともだち)と話(はな)ししよ。
Until the movie starts, let's talk to our friends.
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