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〜をください

…, please (asking for something)

Noun + を + ください

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Noun + をください asks for something: 水をください, "water, please"; これをください, "I'll take this one". It's the everyday way to order in a café or buy something in a shop.

A number goes after the thing, just before ください: りんごを三つください, "three apples, please".

It's polite but direct. お願いします is softer and very common for orders: コーヒーをお願いします. Among friends, ちょうだい. In a shop, pointing and saying これをください is a perfectly good first sentence.

The same ください after a verb's て-form means "please do", a separate point later in the deck.

Register: Polite but direct. お願いします is softer; ちょうだい is casual.

Examples

  • すみません、水みずをください。

    Excuse me, could I have some water?

  • このりんごを三みっつください。

    Three of these apples, please.

  • 切符きっぷを二枚にまいください。

    Two tickets, please.

  • 赤あかいのをください。

    I'll take the red one, please.

  • メニューをください。

    Could I see the menu, please?

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