〜てください Please do
Core meaning - Please do
Form - Verb て-form + ください; Verb ない-form + でください
Usage - Focus on the highlighted segment in each example; surrounding words can change while the pattern function stays the same.
Use this pattern for its grammatical function, not as a literal word-by-word translation.
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てください = please do (polite request)
- 見てください (Please look)
More polite: ていただけますか
- 見ていただけますか (Could you please look?)
Negative: ないでください
- 見ないでください (Please don't look)
Please sit here.
Please say that again.
Please do not take photos.
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