使ってみましょう and 使いましょう
Do they mean the same thing?
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Sign up to join this communityThey are the しょう forms of two different verbs.
使ってみましょう is the polite variant of 使ってみよう. The root verb is 使ってみる (使ってみます), which means "to try using"
使いましょう is the polite variant of 使おう which is the volitional form of 使う (使います) which means "to use"
The places where you use these two are different.
For instance, 冷蔵庫を使いましょう = let's use the refrigerator -- we know it works and we are going to use it.
whereas 冷蔵庫を使ってみましょう = let's try to use the refrigerator -- we are going to test out the fridge somewhere we have not been for a while (like a cabin) and hope that it works for what we want.
使ってみましょう - let's try to use it / let's use it and see what happens (contextual)
使いましょう - let's use it