Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 2

56 単語 Vocabulary raigetsu らいげつ 来月 next month ＋ shiryou しりょう 資料 documents, materials, data ＋ repooto レポート report itadakemasen ka いただけませんか can I have? Mite itadakemasen ka . みていただけませんか 見ていただけませんか can I have you look? okurimasu おくります 送ります send okutte kudasai おくってください 送ってください please send rei れい 例 (X) in question, (X) discussed earlier are ? あれ？ What? Huh? (I’m puzzled) hen (na) へん（な） 変 odd, strange 文法 Grammar Notes 7-4-1 ~te itadakemasen ka More on Requests We have learned how to request things using kudasai and onegai-shimasu. We will now add a slightly more polite way of asking, itadakemasen ka, which means ‘can’t I have X?’ So, you can request for coffee in the following three ways. コーヒー、ください。 Koohii kudasai. コーヒー、お願 ねが いします。 Koohii onegai-shimasu . コーヒー、いただけませんか。 Kohii itadakemasne ka. When requesting an action, you have leaned to use a ~ te form alone (informal) or a ~ te form plus kudasai . You can also substitute itadakemasen ka for kudasai to make a more polite request. So, you can ask for help in the following three ways now. 手伝 て つ だ って。 Tetsudatte. 手伝 て つ だ ってください。 Tetsudatte kudasai. 手伝 て つ だ っていただけませんか。 Tetsudatte itadakemasen ka. These are the most common request forms in Japanese, but there are many more—dozens, perhaps. It’s important to choose a right request form for each situation. The choice is made based on the elements such as the relationship between the speakers, the nature of the request you are making, the setting, etc.