auxiliary N5 essential polite teineigo (polite)
〜でください — voiced allomorph of 〜てください
〜でください ・ でください
Builds on て形
Meaning
- = てください, used after a verb whose て-form voices to で (飲む → 飲んでください) — same polite request, just the で-form
Key sentence
お茶を飲んでください。
Please drink the tea.
Easily confused with
See 〜でください in real sentences
Jengo shows 〜でください the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar. Editorial confidence: medium.