Thread: дай-ка

Если у меня будет лишний билет, я его вам дам. Дай-ка я запишу ваш телефон.
Дай-ка I can't translate appropriately. It must be a colloquial phrase. Can you explain it to me? Thanks.

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Originally Posted by radomir

Если у меня будет лишний билет, я его вам дам. Дай-ка я запишу ваш телефон.
Дай-ка I can't translate appropriately. It must be a colloquial phrase. Can you explain it to me? Thanks.

дай is Imperative form (1st person singular) of дать (to give)
-ка is a colloquial particle that, when added to imperatives, can soften the imperative, adding some nuance like making the imperative more of a request etc. There is no direct English translation.
Here it just says "Let me write down your phone number"

Originally Posted by radomir

Дай-ка я запишу ваш телефон.

There is a mistake in this sentence. Since the person is being adressing politely there should be "дайте-ка". These examples are proper:

Дайте-ка я запишу Ваш телефон.
Дай-ка я запишу твой телефон.

Also I would use "давай/давайте" instead of "дай/дайте". It sounds better to me.

Thank you. Yes, I didn't notice this ты and вы. I will keep as a favorite this recomended Grammar however it is too much for me. Thanks.