auxiliary N5 essential politewritten sonkeigo (respectful)
ください — please give me ~
ください
Meaning
- please give me ~ — a polite request for an object (Nをください)
Key sentence
お水をください。
Water, please.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Noun | N + を + ください | メニューをください |
When: Polite request. ください is the imperative of the honorific verb くださる ('to give to me').
Examples
これを三つください。
Three of these, please.
領収書をください。
Could I have a receipt, please.
コーヒーをもう一杯ください。
One more cup of coffee, please.
Easily confused with
See ください in real sentences
Jengo shows 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, A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar.