N5 Grammar Course

Teacher

Marshall

Lesson 32: どうぞ～

Usage:

どうぞ + Verb

Meaning:

「どうぞ〜」 means “Please…”.

Notes:
①You use 「どうぞ〜」 when you want to ask somebody to do something in a polite way.
②By the way, you can use 「どうぞ」 directly, it means “go ahead”.

Example Sentences:

隣となりどうぞ。
Please come sit next to me.

はいどうぞ。
Here it is.

次つぎの方かたどうぞ。
Next person, please.

お先さきにどうぞ。
After you.

私わたしのをどうぞ。
Please take mine.

どうぞ続つづけて。
Please go on.

プリンをどうぞ。
Here’s your pudding.

どうぞ遠慮えんりょなく。
Be my guest!

どうぞよろしく。
Nice to meet you.

こちらへどうぞ。
This way, please.

どうぞお構かまいなく。
Please don’t bother.

お好すきな席せきにどうぞ。
Please sit wherever you like.

どうぞおかけください。
Please have a seat.

どうぞご覧らんください。
Please take a look.

A:このペンを借かりてもいいですか。
B: どうぞ。
A:Could I borrow this pen?
B: Go ahead.

Note:

In プリンをどうぞ, maybe you will wonder:
Is どうぞ a verb?
Nope, it’s not a verb. it’s an adverb.

In プリンをどうぞ＝プリンをどうぞ（食たべてください）。
It just dropped the verb to make this sentence more polite.

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