LEARN + JAPANESE / 14 of 186 JLPT N5
Please Do This 〜てください
〜てください attaches to a verb’s て-form to mean “please do this.” Swap in the negative て-form, 〜ないでください, and it flips to “please don’t.”
Please stand there.
Please take off your shoes.
Hint · 힌트
てください is built on the exact same て-form you already use for connecting actions and for 〜ている, it’s not a separate conjugation to learn, just a new job for a shape you already know.
Please don't carry a large bag around in the art museum.
Please don't take photos in front of the paintings.
Hint · 힌트
ないでください is built the same way, just on the verb’s plain negative stem instead of the plain て-form: 撮る becomes 撮らない (don’t take), then 撮らないでください (please don’t take). It’s the polite version of the plain-form ないで from Without Doing, dressed up as a request instead of a connector.
Vocabulary
| Japanese | English |
|---|---|
| to stand | |
| to take off (clothes, shoes) | |
| to throw away | |
| to touch | |
| art museum | |
| bag | |
| painting, picture | |
| other than, except | |
| to sit | |
| to open | |
| to close | |
| to write | |
| to read | |
| quietly | |
| to repeat | |
| to be careful | |
| slowly | |
| to explain | |
| to raise a hand | |
| to be quiet |
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