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11.06.2025
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Meaning

Please give me N. Used to ask for an item, or something intangible such as advice, in shops, restaurants and daily life.

Conjugation

N + を + ください

Examples

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すみません、お水みずをください。
そばとビールをください。
すみません、お箸はしをください。
この赤あかいシャツをください。
先生せんせい、アドバイスをください。
すみません、メニューをください。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.title

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 座すわるをください。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 座すわってください。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: をください only follows a noun. To ask someone to do an action, use the te-form + ください.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: ビールをください二ふたつ。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: ビールを二ふたつください。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: The quantity goes before ください, because ください must come at the end of the sentence.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: (Offering a gift) これをください。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: これをどうぞ。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: をください means 'give it to me'. It cannot be used to offer something to someone else; use どうぞ or あげます instead.

Key points

This is a polite, standard way to order or ask for a thing, and in casual speech を is often dropped (水みずください). With quantities, put the number before ください (ビールを二本にほんください). For actions, use Vてください instead; for a more polite request to a superior, use をいただけませんか or をくださいませんか.
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