please do (polite request)

The te form plus kudasai makes a polite request or gentle instruction. It is the standard way to ask someone to do something. Dropping kudasai in casual speech leaves a softer request among friends.

Examples

• ここに名前なまえを書かいてください。

  Koko ni namae o kaite kudasai.

  Please write your name here.

• もう一度いちど言いってください。

  Mou ichido itte kudasai.

  Please say it one more time.

Vocabulary in these examples

• ここ here
• 名前 name
• 書く to write
• くださる to give (honorific)
• もう already; more
• 言う to say

Related patterns · Te-form

• 〜て、〜 and (linking actions in sequence)
• 〜ています is doing (progressive); resulting or habitual state
• 〜てから after doing ..., and then