
ちょっと
a little / excuse me
chotto
- JLPT
- N5
- Frequency
- #269

a little / excuse me
chotto

ちょっと (a moment) softens the whole request, like adding “just” — “just wait a sec”. The verb 待って (wait) is the て (te-form) form of 待つ (wait); on its own like this it works as a light, casual request rather than a full command. The final ね (right?) softens it further, asking for the listener’s easy agreement instead of barking an order.