Formação
- Vて形 + ください
Explicação
Use this to ask someone to do something. It is common for instructions in shops, schools and offices: ここに名前を書いてください. It is also used to warmly offer something: どうぞ食べてください (please eat). To ask for a thing, use N をください, as in 水をください.
Exemplos
名前と 電話番号を 書いてください。
Please write your name and phone number.
すみません、もう 少し ゆっくり 話してください。
Excuse me, please speak a little more slowly.
どうぞ、たくさん 食べてください。
Please, help yourself and eat a lot.
駅の 前で 待ってください。
Please wait in front of the station.
Observações
〜てください is polite but still sounds like an instruction. With superiors, people often use a more polite request form.
Gramática relacionada
Miniquiz
1すみません、ちょっと( )ください。
Resposta e explicação
Resposta: 3 待って
Excuse me, please wait a moment. ください follows the te-form, and the te-form of 待つ is 待って.
2先生「明日は 八時に( )。」
Resposta e explicação
Resposta: 1 きてください
Teacher: Please come at eight tomorrow. The te-form of 来る (くる) is きて. くて, こて and くるて are not correct forms.
3A「どうぞ、( )。」
B「ありがとうございます。いただきます。」
Resposta e explicação
Resposta: 4 食べてください
A: Please, go ahead and eat. B: Thank you. A is offering food with どうぞ, so 食べてください fits, and B answers いただきます. The other choices do not go with どうぞ.