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V て-form + くださいませんか (V-te kudasaimasen ka) — Would you kindly ~?

Asking another person politely — "would you kindly do it?"

Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)

Verb Vて + くださいませんか

Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)

When to use it

Which to pick? With a boss, a customer or a stranger use 〜て いただけませんか; with a colleague or a higher person you know well, 〜て くださいませんか is enough.

Meaning

  • 「〜て くださいませんか」is built by adding the negative question of くださる to a て form.
  • Asking in the negative softens the request, so it sounds much politer than 〜て ください.
  • The person who does the action is the listener.

Versus what you know

  • It is close to 「〜て いただけませんか」from N4 Lesson 1, and the difference is this: くださいませんか asks the other person straight — "won’t you kindly do it?" — while いただけませんか goes round through my own side — "could I not receive it?".
  • Because it is indirect, 〜て いただけませんか is the politer of the two.

Examples (उदाहरणहरू)

すみません、ちょっと 待って くださいませんか。

すみません、ちょっと まって くださいませんか。

Excuse me, would you kindly wait a moment?

この 漢字の 読み方を 教えて くださいませんか。

この かんじの よみかたを おしえて くださいませんか。

Would you kindly teach me how to read this kanji?

ここで 写真を 撮って くださいませんか。

ここで しゃしんを とって くださいませんか。

Would you kindly take a photo here?

Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)

Question: 1/3

Which is the polite request using 「待つ」?

💡 Hint: Make the て form first: 待つ → 待って.

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