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Unit 10 · Phase C

〜て ください

Asking politely: “Please do …”

Your first て-form pattern. Take the て-form you learned in Unit 9 and add ください to politely ask someone to do something.

ここで まってください。

“Please wait here.”

Step 1

〜て ください

Please do ~

て-form + ください. 🔊 Tap any example to hear it.

〜て ください。
Verb-ててけい
+
ください

“Please do ~.” — ask someone to do something politely.

A mixed review quiz comes after all the て-form patterns (Unit 13).

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