G16 · Requests: 〜て ください

Before you start

The sentences only use words you already know from hiragana, katakana and the beginner level.

This lesson assumes what you saw in the earlier ones. If something feels shaky, go back to it:

• G01build sentences with は and です
• G02ask and answer
• G03say what something is not
• G04say whose something is
• G05point at things and ask what they are
• G06say «also»
• G07say what you do
• G08say no and talk about the past
• G09say where you go
• G10say where you do something
• G11describe things and say they aren't
• G12describe with な-adjectives and before a noun
• G13say what there is and where
• G14ask and say where something is
• G15talk about what was

What you learn

〜て ください

• くださいplease (do…)

ください after the て-form asks for something politely. The て-form: -ru verbs change る to て (たべて); the others go by their last syllable: う, つ, る → って (かって); む, ぶ, ぬ → んで (のんで); く → いて (かいて), except いく → いって; す → して (はなして). Irregular: する → して, くる → きて.

• みずを のんで ください。mizu o nonde kudasai.Please drink some water.
• ここに なまえを かいて ください。koko ni namae o kaite kudasai.Please write your name here.
• あした きて ください。ashita kite kudasai.Please come tomorrow.
• しゅくだいを して ください。shukudai o shite kudasai.Please do your homework.
• にほんごを はなして ください。nihongo o hanashite kudasai.Please speak Japanese.
• てがみを よんで ください。tegami o yonde kudasai.Please read the letter.

Practice

A short text written only with the kana and grammar you already know. Read it and answer.