01
PATTERN
て-form
The て-form is a connecting form. Its ending depends on the verb group and is used by many later patterns.
EXAMPLE · 例文ここ に 名前 を 書いて ください。
Please write your name here.
第14課 · COMPLETE LESSON
てください
Requests and ongoing actions
Grammar first. Vocabulary ready when you are.These notes follow the grammar progression in the supplied Kanrin / Minna no Nihongo material. Each rule is summarized in English and paired with a fresh Japanese example, reading support, and translation.
GRAMMAR NOTES · 文法Build the pattern.
Build the pattern.
Then see it move.
Read the rule, cover the translation, and say the Japanese example aloud once.
02
PATTERN
Vて ください
Use the て-form plus ください for a polite request or instruction.
EXAMPLE · 例文もう 一度 言って ください。
Please say it once more.
03
PATTERN
Vて います
With an action verb, ています describes an action currently in progress.
EXAMPLE · 例文今 雨 が 降って います。
It is raining now.
04
PATTERN
Vましょうか
Use ましょうか to offer help or propose doing something for the listener.
EXAMPLE · 例文荷物 を 持ちましょうか。
Shall I carry your luggage?
05
PATTERN
subject が
Newly observed subjects and natural phenomena are often marked with が rather than は.
EXAMPLE · 例文外 で 鳥 が 鳴いて います。
A bird is singing outside.
LESSON WORDS · 語彙
Open spaced repetition →46 words from this lesson.
turn on
turn off
open
close, shut
hurry
wait
hold
take, pass
help (with a task)
call
speak, talk
use
stop, park
show
tell [an address]
sit down
stand up
enter [a café]
go out [of a café]
rain
copy
electricity, light
air conditioner
passport
name
address
map
salt
sugar
question, problem, trouble
answer
how to read, way of reading
how to ～, way of ～ing
straight
slowly, leisurely
immediately
again
later
a little more
～ more, another ～
right (used when encouraging some course of action)
Oh! Eh? (in surprise or wonder)
Turn right at the traffic lights.
I'd like to pay with this
change
a fictitious town