て下さいませんか
て下さいませんか
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Yuzuo Chan
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11.06.2025
Meaning
Would you please do ~ (for me)? Could you ~? A polite request for someone to do something.
Conjugation
Vて + くださいませんか: (下さいませんか is also written with kanji, but kana is more common)
Examples
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すみません、窓を開けてくださいませんか。
すみません、駅までの道を教えてくださいませんか。
すみません、その醤油を取ってくださいませんか。
電車の切符を買ってきてくださいませんか。
今晩、料理を手伝ってくださいませんか。
すみません、もう少しゆっくり話してくださいませんか。
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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: この漢字を読むくださいませんか。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: この漢字を読んでくださいませんか。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: The verb must be in the te-form before くださいませんか. The dictionary form cannot be used.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 私がお手伝いしてくださいませんか。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 私がお手伝いしましょうか。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: くださいませんか asks someone else to do something for you. To offer your own help, use ~ましょうか.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: (親しい友達に)ちょっと待ってくださいませんか。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: (親しい友達に)ちょっと待ってくれない?
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: The sentence is grammatically correct and appropriate for a polite request, for example to a stranger or a customer. With a close friend, though, it may sound unnecessarily formal, and ~てくれない? or simply ~て is more natural.
Key points
Use it to politely ask someone to do something for you. The negative question form softens the request, so it is gentler than ~てください. It is more polite than ~てくれませんか, but less humble than ~ていただけませんか. It is used for requesting favours, not for offering help or making invitations. To offer help, use expressions such as ~ましょうか. To invite someone to do something, use expressions such as ~ませんか or どうぞ, depending on the context. ください is normally written in kana here.
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