〜てください

How to form it

• Put the verb in the て-form and add ください: 書(か)く becomes 書(か)いてください.
• For "please don't", use 〜ないでください.

Examples

Notes

• It is polite, but it still expects the listener to do it. To ask more softly, use 〜てくださいませんか or 〜てもらえませんか.
• With friends, the て-form alone is common: ちょっと待(ま)って (wait a sec).
• After a noun, ください means "please give me": 水(みず)をください.

Common mistakes

• Putting ください after the dictionary form. Say 書(か)いてください, not 書(か)くください.

Similar meaning

• お〜くださいrespectful request

  A more respectful request, standard in shops and offices: お待(ま)ちください (please wait).