Are να and ας translated identically when used with a first person plural verb in Modern Greek?

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Posted in categories: Linguistics, Modern Greek

They differ only by nuance. Ας is encouraging, it corresponds to “let’s”. Να is more like “we should”: it lacks the explicit notion of encouragement.
Answered 2016-06-09
[Originally posted on http://quora.com/Are-να-and-ας-translated-identically-when-used-with-a-first-person-plural-verb-in-Modern-Greek/answer/Nick-Nicholas-5]

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