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You can form the "polite" imperative by taking off the ます off of a verb in the polite present, and add なさい.
 
You can form the "polite" imperative by taking off the ます off of a verb in the polite present, and add なさい.
  
食べなさい Eat
+
*食べなさい Eat
読みなさい Read
+
*読みなさい Read
おきなさい Get up
+
*おきなさい Get up
  
 
~なさい is used by superiors to their inferiors, like a parent to a child, or a teacher to a student.
 
~なさい is used by superiors to their inferiors, like a parent to a child, or a teacher to a student.

Latest revision as of 00:09, 7 October 2010

The imperative form using ~なさい[edit]

おきなさい!

You can form the "polite" imperative by taking off the ます off of a verb in the polite present, and add なさい.

  • 食べなさい Eat
  • 読みなさい Read
  • おきなさい Get up

~なさい is used by superiors to their inferiors, like a parent to a child, or a teacher to a student. てください is used by inferiors to ask their superiors to do something, like a student to a teacher.

The word "polite" means this form is not the impolite imperative, like  おきろ! Or 読め!, which is a lot stronger imperative.