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Ask someone to do something

Politely asks someone to do something.

JLPTN5
verb (て-form) + ください~te kudasai

politely ask someone to do something

Example Sentences

フロントfront deskにでんわ電話phoneしてくださいplease call

Please call the front desk

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けいさつ警察policeにれんらく連絡contactしてくださいplease do

Please contact the police

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Put a verb in its て-form and add ください, which comes from the word for please give, to make a polite request. It's the standard way to ask someone to act and works for instructions, favors, and gentle commands. Compare it with noun を ください, which asks for an object rather than an action.

Tips and Common Traps

Hana· Key point

〜てください is how you ask politely for help — at a shop, a hotel, in class. Super handy any time you need to ask someone for something.

Maru· Common trap

You need the て-form — it varies by verb type (食べてたべて, 飲んでのんで, 書いてかいて). Without て, ください follows a noun instead: コーヒーをください.

Related

verb in て-formnoun + を + ください