This question is asking us to create our own requests with ‘ください’ and to indicate whom we are asking in parentheses. For this question, we will ask our host mother to open the window.

We have learned that the polite way to refer to someone else’s mother is to refer to her by the title ‘お母さん（おかあさん）’—this is also the appropriate way to directly refer to one’s host mother. We have learned that the word for ‘window’ is ‘窓（まど）,’ and since it is the direct object of this sentence, we will need to mark it with ‘を.’ Finally, we need the word for ‘to open,’ which we have learned is ‘開ける（あける）.’

There are many, many ways to ask politely for someone to do something in Japanese, but for now we will use the ‘てください’ form to express the idea of ‘please (do something).’ Note that this is a generic, polite way to ask for a favor or help, but it is far from the politest way to ask—this verbal construction will get you by in most everyday interactions in Japan (asking for help at the store, asking a stranger for directions, etc.) without sounding rude. It would not be an appropriate way, however, to ask your teacher or boss for a favor; we will learn the appropriate forms for such requests later in our studies.

To conjugate a verb into the ‘てください’ form, we find the て-form of the verb by determining which class and subclass of verb it belongs to and conjugating it accordingly (please refer to Page 150-1 of your Genki I textbook if you need a reminder). Once we have done this, we append the characters ‘ください’ to the end of the て-form.

To ask our host mother to open the window, we answer as follows:
（お母さん「おかあさん」）窓を開けてください。（まどをあけてください。）

This question is asking us to create our own requests with ‘ください’ and to indicate whom we are asking in parentheses. For this question, we will ask someone named Mary to bring a friend.

We have learned that the word for friend is ‘友達（ともだち）’ and since it is the direct object of this sentence, we will need to mark it with ‘を.’ Finally, we need the word for ‘to bring (someone),’ which we have learned is ‘連れてくる（つれてくる）.’ Remember that verbs that end in ‘くる’ conjugate irregularly.

Occasionally, you will find that ‘たち’ in the word for ‘friend’ is written in hiragana, while ‘とも’ is written in kanji.

There are many, many ways to ask politely for someone to do something in Japanese, but for now we will use the ‘てください’ form to express the idea of ‘please (do something).’ Note that this is a generic, polite way to ask for a favor or help, but it is far from the politest way to ask—this verbal construction will get you by in most everyday interactions in Japan (asking for help at the store, asking a stranger for directions, etc.) without sounding rude. It would not be an appropriate way, however, to ask your teacher or boss for a favor; we will learn the appropriate forms for such requests later in our studies.

To conjugate a verb into the ‘てください’ form, we find the て-form of the verb by determining which class and subclass of verb it belongs to and conjugating it accordingly (please refer to Page 150-1 of your Genki I textbook if you need a reminder). Once we have done this, we append the characters ‘ください’ to the end of the て-form.

To ask Mary to bring a friend, we answer as follows:
（メアリーさん）友達を連れてきてください。（ともだちをつれてください。）

This question is asking us to create our own requests with ‘ください’ and to indicate whom we are asking in parentheses. For this question, we will ask our host father to turn off a computer.

We have learned that the polite way to refer to someone else’s father is to refer to him by the title ‘お父さん（おとうさん）’—this is also the appropriate way to directly refer to one’s host father. We have learned that the word for ‘computer’ is ‘コンピューター,’ and since it is the direct object of this sentence, we will need to mark it with ‘を.’ Finally, we need the word for ‘to turn off,’ which we have learned is ‘消す（けす）.’

There are many, many ways to ask politely for someone to do something in Japanese, but for now we will use the ‘てください’ form to express the idea of ‘please (do something).’ Note that this is a generic, polite way to ask for a favor or help, but it is far from the politest way to ask—this verbal construction will get you by in most everyday interactions in Japan (asking for help at the store, asking a stranger for directions, etc.) without sounding rude. It would not be an appropriate way, however, to ask your teacher or boss for a favor; we will learn the appropriate forms for such requests later in our studies.

To conjugate a verb into the ‘てください’ form, we find the て-form of the verb by determining which class and subclass of verb it belongs to and conjugating it accordingly (please refer to Page 150-1 of your Genki I textbook if you need a reminder). Once we have done this, we append the characters ‘ください’ to the end of the て-form.

To ask our host father to turn off a computer, we answer as follows:
(お父さん「おとうさん」)　コンピューターを消してください。（コンピューターをけしてください。）