KANAKUMA

JLPT N5 · Requests and communication

〜てください

Forms a polite request to perform an action

Meaning

A polite but fairly direct request for the listener to perform an action.

Formation

  1. Put the verb in the te-form and add ください: 書く → 書いてください.
  2. Forms ending in で stay that way: 読む → 読んでください.

When to use it

Request
Asks the listener to perform a specific action.
Instruction
Marks the next step in rules or explanations.

Examples

20 sentences

  • ここに名前なまえを書いかいてください

    Please write your name here.

  • この文ぶんを読んよんでください

    Please read this sentence.

  • もう一度いちど言っいってください

    Please say it one more time.

  • ドアを閉めしめてください

    Please close the door.

  • 少しすこし待っまってください

    Please wait a moment.

  • テレビを消しけしてください

    Please turn off the TV.

  • 日本語にほんごで話しはなしてください

    Please speak in Japanese.

  • この薬くすりを飲んのんでください

    Please take this medicine.

12 more examples

  • 窓まどを開けあけてください

    Please open the window.

  • 明日あした早くはやく来きてください

    Please come early tomorrow.

  • 小さなちいさな荷物にもつを運んはこんでください

    Please carry the small luggage.

  • 青いあおい封筒ふうとうを選んえらんでください

    Please choose a blue envelope.

  • 古いふるい雑誌ざっしを捨てすててください

    Please throw away the old magazines.

  • 台所だいどころの窓まどを開けあけてください

    Please open the kitchen window.

  • 旅行りょこうの写真しゃしんを見みてください

    Please look at the travel photos.

  • 短いみじかい手紙てがみを書いかいてください

    Please write a short letter.

  • 友達ともだちの話はなしを聞いきいてください

    Please listen to my friend's story.

  • 駅えきの名前なまえを覚えおぼえてください

    Please memorize the station name.

  • 家いえの鍵かぎを探しさがしてください

    Please look for the house key.

  • 晩ご飯ばんごはんの準備じゅんびをしてください

    Please prepare dinner.

Important notes

  • It sounds neutral in instructions but may feel like an order in a personal situation; tone and relationship matter.

Common mistakes

  • Check the te-form: 読んて is wrong; the correct form is 読んで.

Check yourself

Pick the translation of each sentence. The wrong options translate similar patterns, so watch the grammar rather than the words.

  1. 窓まどを開けあけてください
  2. 旅行りょこうの写真しゃしんを見みてください
  3. 晩ご飯ばんごはんの準備じゅんびをしてください

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