How to Say ‘Please tell me’ in Japanese
教えてください
oshie te kudasai
[oh-shieh teh koo-dah-sigh]
💬 Usage Tip: [〜てください] is a standard polite way to say "please do … ." You can reuse it with many verbs, like [見てください] for "please look" or [待ってください] for "please wait."
Phrase Breakdown
教え
oshie
[oh-shieh]
teach; tell
The stem form of 教える, used here in the request pattern 〜てください to mean please tell me or please teach me.
できることを教えてください。
Please tell me what you can do.
て
te
[teh]
and; te-form marker
The て-form connector. Here it links 教え to ください to make a polite request.
もう一度教えてください。
Please tell me once more.
ください
kudasai
[koo-dah-sigh]
please
A polite request word used after the て-form of a verb.
名前を教えてください。
Please tell me your name.
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