Unit 04
Ordering Ramen
Lesson
How to make the Group 3 verb to its -て [te] form:
- Step 1. Make it the polite form
- Step 2. Drop the -ます [masu]
- Step 3. Attach て [te]
してください [shite kudasai]
Please, do it.
- する [suru] → します [shimasu] → し [shi] → してください [shite kudasai]
来てください [kite kudasai]
Please, come.
- 来る [kuru] → 来ます [kimasu] → 来 [ki] → 来てください [kite kudasai]
日本語を勉強してください [nihongo o benkyōshite kudasai]
Please study Japanese.
- 日本語 [nihongo] means "Japanese"
- を [o] is a particle
- 勉強 [benkyō] means "study"
- してください [shite kudasai] means "please, do"
パーティーに来てください [pa-thi- ni kite kudasai]
Please come to my party.
- パーティー [pa-thi-] means "party"
- に [ni] is a particle
- 来てください [kite kudasai] means "please, come"