"The owner said let's lie."

Translation: 주인은 거짓말을 하자고 했어요.

[Tim608103]

Does ~고 하다 mean to say?

[wintertriangles]

자고 하다 - say let's do something, 다고 하다 - (someone) says something, 라고 하다 - (someone says) do something, 냐고 하다 - (someone) asks something

[junhoon]

Thanks! It would be nice if Duolingo could have some grammar tips for this last group/section. Even the website doesn't have anything useful!

[acatarinabp]

Thanks! Great help

[13bimic]

Great, leaving a comment to find this later

[oee16]

-자고 implies a proposal, suggestion. So the translation into English (indirect speech) should be:

"The owner advised us to lie"

"Let's lie" is direct speech.