Grammar · Useful patterns
ください, please give me
[Noun] を ください
The single most useful sentence pattern for a traveller. Point, name the thing, add をください.
The mistake to avoid
Fully polite on its own. You do not need to add anything to soften it.
Examples
水をください。
みずを ください。
Water, please.
これを二つください。
これを ふたつ ください。
Two of these, please.