On this article you will have an idea about how to request/ask someone to do something in Japanese language.
Request a person to eat something:
Person comes with you seated next to you in a restaurant/ at your house beside dinner table and there is food on the table etc.
たべて ください。 (Tabete Kudasai) = Please eat.
Request a person to drink something:
Person comes with you seated next to you in a restaurant/ at your house beside dinner table and there is drinks on the table etc.
のんで ください。 (Nonde kudasai) = Please drink.
Request a person to see something:
You spotted a nice view while traveling, it is snowing outside, your exam result published, a news on the newspaper, a program/movie on TV etc.
みて ください。 (Mite kudasai) = Please see.
Request a person to send something:
Send a parcel, a picture taken from mobile/camera via email, a lost bag/mobile etc.
おくって ください。 (Okutte kudasai) = Please send.
Request a person to listen something:
A music, a recording, a lecture, podcasts etc.
きいて ください。 (Kiite kudasai) = Please listen.
Request a person to come over (To a place):
Ask friends to come over to your place, invite guests to your house etc.
きて ください。 (Kite kudasai) = Please come.
Make sure that Listen is “Kiite” and Come is “Kite”.
Request a person to write something:
Fill up any form, a novel, an email, a poem etc.
かいて ください。 (Kaite kudasai) = Please write.
Request a person to read something:
An article from newspaper, an article on the internet, any notice paper from admin office/city office to your house etc.
よんで ください。 (Yonde kudasai) = Please read.
Request a person to help you:
You had an accident, you fall in any trouble on the road or at home, cannot hold a heavy item, want to make a print / photocopy at a store etc.
てつだって ください。 (Tetsudatte kudasai) = Please help/Please help me.
Lets finish this learning for today. If you have followed through then you have an idea about how to ask or request someone to do something in Japanese language. Please use this in your daily life conversion whenever you wish while living in Japanese environment. Happy learning!
