Do A (instruction)
ご飯を確り食べなさい。
Eat (your food) well.
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もう遅いから早く寝なさい。
It's already late, so hurry up and go to bed.
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遊びに行く前に歯を磨きなさい。
Brush your teeth before you go out to play.
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肉だけじゃなくて、野菜も全部食べなさい。
Eat all your vegetables, not just the meat.
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出かける前に部屋の掃除を為なさい。
Please clean your room before you head out.
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貴方は離れる前に必ず火を消しなさい。
Be sure to put out the fire before you leave.
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アンに親切に為なさい。
Be nice to Ann.
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お巡りさんに道を尋ねなさい。
Ask the policeman the way.
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お父さんの側に座りなさい。
Go and sit by your father.
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お母さんは料理を食卓に並べて「食べなさい」と言った。
Mother put the food on the table and told the children to dig in.
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カーテンを開けて日光を入れなさい。
Open the curtains and let the sunshine in.
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これ等の語を各々使って文を作りなさい。
Make a sentence with each of these words.
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さあ、起きなさい。
Come on, get up.
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確り勉強為なさい。
Study hard.
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直ぐにテーブルをセット為なさい。
Set the table at once.
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其の頁の下の注を読みなさい。
Read the note at the bottom of the page.
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Getting the sentences
Construction
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Dict. Form
Conjugated
あげる
あげなさい
おす
おしなさい
かう
かいなさい
かく
かきなさい
くる
きなさい
しぬ
しになさい
Dict. Form
Conjugated
とる
とりなさい
もつ
もちなさい
よぶ
よびなさい
よむ
よみなさい
いそぐ
いそぎなさい
する
しなさい
Basic Examples:
部屋を片付けなさい (clean your room)
Notes
Usually used by teachers towards students, and parents towards children.
Related Expressions
てごらん
Where this grammar is found
Grammar usage notes
なさい is quite often shortened to な. Be careful not to confuse it with the negative imperative (prohibitive) form seen here: [www.renshuu.org]/strong> which is the infinitive + な whereas なさい comes after a verb stem.
I was just about to write the same usage note after I saw the discussion on the prohibitive な but 宮本勝利 beat me to it by 3+ years :D
Just to clarify the above:
ねるな！Don't sleep! / Don't fall asleep!
ねな！ Go to sleep / Please sleep
やるな！Don't do it!
やりな！Please do it.
Just to clarify the above:
ねるな！Don't sleep! / Don't fall asleep!
ねな！ Go to sleep / Please sleep
やるな！Don't do it!
やりな！Please do it.
verb stem (ます-form without ます) + なさい
(ex) 窓を布で乾かしなさい。
(ex) 窓を布で乾かしなさい。
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