Please do A
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火曜までに、宿題を出してください。
Please hand in your homework by Tuesday.
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もう一度、ゆっくり言ってください。
Would you say it slowly again please?
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私は今、忙しいので静かにして下さい。
I'm busy right now so please be quiet.
Getting the sentences
Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
Basic Examples:
書いて下さい (write (it) please)
Notes
A less polite form would not include the ください.
Related Expressions
てくださいませんか
Where this grammar is found
Grammar usage notes
Honorific usage (尊敬語):
1. お + Verb Stem + ください
2. ご + Noun-Verb Stem (e.g. 相談, 遠慮, 解決) + ください.
Examples
1. お待ちください。Please wait
2. 田中先生にご相談ください。Kindly consult with Dr. Tanaka.
1. お + Verb Stem + ください
2. ご + Noun-Verb Stem (e.g. 相談, 遠慮, 解決) + ください.
Examples
1. お待ちください。Please wait
2. 田中先生にご相談ください。Kindly consult with Dr. Tanaka.
Just to note - てください would be a bit more 'ordering'..i.e. a teacher speaking to a student, whereas てくださいませんか is a bit less direct i.e. the student asking the teacher for a favour. So the student wouldn't say てください to the teacher. Also, remember that ください isn't like the English please as it's more of an order/direction. I used to say ください to my Japanese girlfriends ten year old and I noticed he was looking a bit weird at me so I googled it and went DOH!
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