GUIDED PATH · PHASE 5
Guided Japanese Course
A mastery path for complete beginners and technology professionals.
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TRACK 5 · 5-3
～てください: Please Do
Use て-form + ください to make polite, direct requests.
- Reliable て-form conversion.
Requests are essential in support, collaboration, onboarding, and procedures: please check this, wait, open the file, send the log.
1. て-form connects the action to ください
Vてください is a polite request. It is more direct than the invitation forms from Track 2, so use it when a request/instruction is appropriate.
2. Use request language in a technical workflow
Notice that the object/particle structure remains unchanged; only the verb becomes て-form and receives ください.
Natural: Please check the logs.
Structure: logs — object — check-て — please
Technical request.
Natural: Please open this file.
Structure: this file — object — open-て — please
Procedure instruction.
Natural: Please wait a moment.
Structure: a little — wait-て — please
Common request.
Natural: Please show me the error screen.
Structure: error's screen — object — show-て — please
Support interaction.
Natural: Please send the log by email.
Structure: email by — log object — send-て — please
Means + object + request.
3. Polite does not always mean soft
～てください is polite but can still sound instruction-like. For collaborative offers or invitations, forms such as ～ませんか / ～ましょうか may be more appropriate. Track 5 teaches grammatical capability; context determines tone.
4. Help-desk request sheet
Write ten requests a support engineer, teammate, or instructor might reasonably make. Include check, send, wait, open, close, show, save, and connect.
INTERACTIVE WORKSHEET
4. Help-desk request sheet
Write 10 Vてください requests. Underline the て-form and circle ください. Add a one-line context explaining who is asking whom.
Tip: on a foldable or tablet, use your pen directly on the page. Your strokes are saved in this browser as you work.
4. Help-desk request sheet
Write 10 Vてください requests. Underline the て-form and circle ください. Add a one-line context explaining who is asking whom.
5. Build requests, then recognize them in context
Use the IDE for transformation accuracy and Tsundoku for pragmatic context.
Language IDE
Why here: A request is a clean composition: verb → て-form → ください.
How to use it for this lesson: Build five requests from dictionary form without copying. Label object/means/location particles separately from the request construction.
Build request forms →Tsundoku Reading Nook
Why here: Dialogue shows when ～てください is a request, instruction, or service interaction.
How to use it for this lesson: Find a request in a beginner dialogue. Identify the base verb before checking the English translation.
Read request language →Mastery checkpoint
Answer from memory. If you miss one, identify the exact transformation or sentence role that failed before retrying.
