Learn how to use the sentence pattern "Please [do something]"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
| Risa: And I'm Risa. |
| Eric: And welcome to Must-Know Japanese Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 24. Politely Asking Someone to Do Something, Part 1. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern to politely ask someone to do something. |
| PATTERN |
| Eric: For example, "Please wait." |
| Risa: 待ってください。 (Matte kudasai.) |
| Risa: [slow] 待ってください。 (Matte kudasai.) |
| Eric: This pattern to politely ask someone to do something has 2 elements. First, the te-form of the verb meaning "to wait." |
| Risa: 待って (Matte-). |
| Eric: Second, a word literally meaning "please give me." |
| Risa: ください (kudasai) |
| Eric: When it's used after the te-form of a verb, it makes a polite request. "Please do something." Altogether, we have, "Please wait." |
| Risa: 待ってください。 (Matte kudasai.) [slow] 待ってください。 (Matte kudasai.) [normal] 待ってください。 (Matte kudasai.) |
| Eric: To politely tell someone to do something, first state the te-form of a verb or verb phrase, and then add |
| Risa: ください (kudasai) |
| Eric: All together, |
| Risa: 待ってください。 (Matte kudasai.) |
| Eric: So remember to politely ask someone to do something, just add |
| Risa: ください(kudasai) |
| Eric: to the te-form of a verb or verb phrase. |
| Eric: Here’s another example meaning, "Please speak slowly." First, the verb phrase meaning "to speak slowly" with the te-form of a verb. |
| Risa: ゆっくり話して (Yukkuri hanashite-). |
| Eric: Second, a word literally meaning "please give me." |
| Risa: ください (kudasai) |
| Eric: When it's used after the te-form of a verb, it makes a polite request. "Please do something." Altogether we have... |
| Risa: ゆっくり話してください。 (Yukkuri hanashite kudasai.) [slow] ゆっくり話してください。 (Yukkuri hanashite kudasai.) [normal] ゆっくり話してください。 (Yukkuri hanashite kudasai.) |
| Eric: "Please speak slowly." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ゆっくり話してください。 (Yukkuri hanashite kudasai.) |
| Eric: How do you say, "Please write your name here?" To give you a hint, "to write" is... |
| Risa: 書く (kaku). [slow] 書く (kaku). [normal] 書く (kaku). |
| Eric: "Please write your name here." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ここに名前を書いてください。 (Koko ni namae o kaite kudasai.) [slow] ここに名前を書いてください。 (Koko ni namae o kaite kudasai.) [normal] ここに名前を書いてください。 (Koko ni namae o kaite kudasai.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ここに名前を書いてください。 (Koko ni namae o kaite kudasai.) |
| REVIEW |
| Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I’ll give you the English equivalent of the phrase, and you’re responsible for shouting it out loud in Japanese. Here we go. |
| Eric: "Please wait." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 待ってください。 (Matte kudasai.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: 待ってください。 (Matte kudasai.) |
| Eric: "Please speak slowly." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ゆっくり話してください。 (Yukkuri hanashite kudasai.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ゆっくり話してください。 (Yukkuri hanashite kudasai.) |
| Eric: "Please write your name here." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ここに名前を書いてください。 (Koko ni namae o kaite kudasai.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ここに名前を書いてください。 (Koko ni namae o kaite kudasai.) |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for politely asking someone to do something, as in... |
| Risa: 待ってください。 (Matte kudasai.) |
| Eric: meaning "Please wait." You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on JapanesePod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Risa: じゃ、また。(Ja, mata.). |
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