お～ください・ご～ください
Make a respectful request or instruction
You'll be able to ask someone to act politely in customer service, announcements, and formal situations.
こちらでお待ちください。
kochira de omachi kudasai.
What do you think this sentence means?
Please wait here.
Make a respectful instruction
お～ください and ご～ください respectfully ask the listener to perform an action. They are common in reception, announcements, and service instructions.
お名前をご記入ください。
onamae o gokinyuu kudasai.
Please enter your name.
Form and use お～ください・ご～ください
Use established forms such as お待ちください and ご記入ください. Some verbs have special forms, such as ご覧ください. Prefix choice is lexical, not a rule that works with every verb.
少しお待ちください。
sukoshi omachi kudasai.
Please wait a moment.
お名前をご記入ください。
onamae o gokinyuu kudasai.
Please enter your name.
この写真をご覧ください。
kono shashin o goran kudasai.
Please look at this photograph.
お名前をお呼びするまで、いすに座ってお待ちください。
onamae o oyobi suru made, isu ni suwatte omachi kudasai.
Please take a seat and wait until your name is called.
エレベーターはこちらです。どうぞご利用ください。
erebeetaa wa kochira desu. douzo goriyou kudasai.
The elevator is this way. Please feel free to use it.
お荷物はこちらにお置きください。
onimotsu wa kochira ni ooki kudasai.
Please put your bags here.
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