The lesson

4.4 Requests

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Overview

Learn how to politely ask someone to do something using ~てください and how to politely ask someone not to do something using ~ないでください.

~てください is formed by taking the ~て form of a verb and adding ください. It is polite and neutral.

~ないでください is used to politely ask someone not to do something.

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Grammar

TitleDescription
~てください
polite request
~ないでください
polite negative request
~ないで
without doing

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