Episode 43 - Please do ... (te form + kudasai )

04/08/2021 9 min Episodio 43

Listen "Episode 43 - Please do ... (te form + kudasai )"

Episode Synopsis

- Check my video for more details! -   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdeszo3Ix3w&list=PLY94j5ZZrtXbS8jlLmf-SUSIR2ytwV1SF&index=23&t=486s

- New words -
ください (kudasai) is a way to request a favor in Japanese.  It is similar to “Please” in English.  When we use ください (kudasai), it is placed after the te-form of the verb.  It can also can also come after a noun:
to go -- ikimasu -- itte kudasai (Please go)
to come -- kimasu -- kite kudasai (Please come)
to return -- kaerimasu -- kaette kudasai (Please return)
to eat -- tabemasu -- tabete kudasai (Please eat)
to drink -- nomimasu -- nonde kudasai (Please drink)
to see -- mimasu -- mite kudasai (Please see)
to listen -- kikimasu -- kiite kudasai (Please listen)
to buy -- kaimasu -- katte kudasai (Please buy)
to use -- tukaimasu -- tsukatte kudasai (Please use)
to take -- torimasu -- totte kudasai (Please take)

(te-form of a verb)+てください
(noun)+ をください

このかばんを持もってください。

kono kaban o motte kudasai.
(Please carry this bag.)

もって (motte) is the te-form of the verb もらう (morau), so we should place it before kudasai.

そのかばんをください
sono kaban o kudasai.
(Can I have that bag, please?)
 
かばん (kaban) is a noun so we just connect it to kudasai with を.
===============================================
Check out my Youtube Channel!
Wanna support me?
===============================================

More episodes of the podcast Learn Japanese with Masa sensei!