How to Say ‘Please take it.’ in Japanese
お飲みください。
o nomi kudasai
[oh NOH-mee koo-dah-sigh]
💬 Usage Tip: In Japanese you "drink" medicine with 飲む, even pills and tablets.
🇯🇵 In Japan: Wrapping a verb as お〜ください is the extra-polite request shop staff use with customers. Yourself, you'd just say 飲んでください.
Phrase Breakdown
お
o
[oh]
honorific/polite prefix
A polite prefix that makes the expression sound more respectful.
ていねいに言うために、おをつけます。
To say it politely, you add o.
飲み
nomi
[NOH-mee]
drink (stem)
Stem of 飲む 'to drink', used before polite endings like ます.
水を飲みます。
I drink water.
ください
kudasai
[koo-dah-sigh]
please do
A polite request expression added after the te-form of a verb.
確認してください。
Please confirm it.
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