Actually, 吧(ba) doesn’t mean “go” at all. If we put it at the end of a sentence, then it becomes an imperative sentence, to ask somebody to do something. So “let’s go”, we say “zou3 ba”.

another example:

Let’s go for a drink = wo3 men2 qu4 he1 yi1 bei1 ba.

Let me tell you another meaning of 吧(ba1): it means “bar” sometimes. Take a look at this sentence:

Wo3 xiang3 qu4 pao4 ba1 = I want to go to the bar

Here, “pao4 ba1” is a phrase, meaing “go to the bar” or “hanging out in the bar”. It’s a quite new phrase. If somebody says “pao4 ba1” 10 years ago in China, no one would understand. Remember that, I’m sure you will use it often.

Hi.pooshybooshy,nice to hear you again.

Actually,when you put a verb after xiang3 or yao4.they both mean want to do something.And yao4 is more direct ,xiang3 has the mean “would like”.

But if you put a noun after xiang3 or yao4,they are totally different.yao4 plus anoun still means want something.But xiang3 plus a noun means miss something or think of something.

Here are two examples:
A:WO yao4 chi kao ya is same to wo xiang3 chi kao ya.
B:wo xiang3 jia means i miss my family.wo yao4 jia means i want a family.

Hope it can answer you question.

If you have any questions,come to benny,we are here.xia ci jian

You are always welcome, Pooshybooshy, :)

“le” is past tense, and “ba” is a suggestion.
saying “wo men zou le” means ‘we went’, whereas “wo men zou ba” means ’let’s go’

oh no. . .a bit complicated. . .

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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.its funny louie dont know the meaning of women zou ba

I think it means we go

Can you also say women qu ba
instead of women zou ba ?

Hello Ruru

I guess the easiest way to explain the difference between zǒu and qù is,
qù = to go somewhere specific e.g. “wǒ xiǎng qù kāfēidiàn. I want to go to the coffee shop.”,
zǒu = is to go e.g. “wǒ zǒu yi zǒu. I am going for a walk.”