How to Say ‘Please let me treat you.’ in Japanese
ごちそうさせてください。
go chisou sa se te kudasai
[goh chee-SOH sah seh te kudasai]
💬 Usage Tip: させてください means "please let me" and attaches to many actions: ごちそうする "treat" becomes ごちそうさせてください. Also 手伝わせてください "please let me help".
Phrase Breakdown
ごちそうさせて
go chisou sa se te
let me treat (you)
ごちそう means a treat or feast. させて is the causative て-form of する and means 'let me do'. Say it go-chi-sō-sa-se-te, with a long 'sō'.
今日はごちそうさせて。
Let me treat you today.
Words in this phrase
ご
go
[goh]
polite prefix (adds respect)
Honorific prefix used to make a noun more polite. Common in neighbor-related phrases to sound considerate.
ご近所の方には、いつでも言ってくださいと伝えました。
I told the neighbors, “Please tell me anytime.”
ちそう
chisou
[chee-SOH]
feast; treat
A meal or hospitality offered to someone; originally 'running around' to prepare food.
ちそうをいただきました。
I was treated to a feast.
さ
sa
[sah]
do (stem of suru)
Stem form of the verb suru 'to do', used before the honorific/passive ending reru.
先生はもう帰宅されました。
The teacher has already gone home.
せ
se
[seh]
causative marker (part)
Part of the causative ending (〜せる) meaning “let/make (someone) do.”
きょうは家で休ませます。
Today, I will let them rest at home.
て
te
[te]
te-form ending
Connects actions in sequence, like 'and' or 'then'.
ドアが開いて、入ります。
The door opens, and then I go in.
ください。
kudasai
please
A polite request ending after a て-form. Say it ku-da-sa-i, with a soft 'ku'.
見せてください。
Please show me.
Words in this phrase
ください
kudasai
[kudasai]
please (do)
Used to make a polite request.
手伝ってください。
Please help me.
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