Grammar Info
N4 Lesson 7: 12/18
お~ください
Please do (Honorific)
お気をつけください is quite commonly used and accepted. This comes from treating 気をつける as one expression.
Structure
お + Verb[ます]+ ください
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About お~ください
お~ください is an honorific language expression in Japanese which is used in a similar way to なさい. It is the imperative form of くださる, which itself is the honorific language equivalent of くれる. In this way, it conveys 'please do (A) for me'.
お~ください is more polite than なさい, and may be used when making requests to almost anybody, regardless of if they are higher, or lower status than you).
Caution
ご~ください will only be used as part of the humble speech expression, ご~する (or お〜する). In these cases, it becomes ご~してください.
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Examples
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少しお待ちください。
Please wait just a minute.
どうぞお召し上がりください。
Please go ahead and eat.
しばらくお休みください。
Please take a short break.
どうぞ、お掛けください。
Please, have a seat.
明日までにお支払いください。
Please complete the payment by tomorrow.
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みんなの日本語 II
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[DBJG] A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar
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Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar Guide
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