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~D~~~T~;~I~c~~~~;~&~~L\;:~c~~~-cL~BT,
(It is a rule that you cannot smoke in this building.)
(+ koto ni naru (DBJG: 202-03))

3. Making requests

7% 1:
WT~~TT~
LL
(Please write in kanji.)
Sri* Lr
~?+~Q~~*L\PT;PL\,
(Please don't look at your textbook.)
Variations:
(Vtel Vneg fbblT] 7;PblaT$
(VteIVneg fbblT] TPbl$.fTLb. 5$
VtelVneg 'rbblT <s> inf.sit., (q
{Vte 1 Vneg QblT} < ;k <s> inf.sit., m.
{Vte 1 Vneg QblT} 3 b: 5 I?ba <s> inhit., f.
Note: The question ending 'd .f $ (e.g., Pb' T F P b> b .f 5.) makes
the request less direct and therefore more polite. The conjec-
ture question ending T L b. 5 $ (e.g., BblTT P bl3 TT L d:
5 dl) makes the request even less direct and more polite. In
general, the longer the ending is, the politer it is.
(+ kudasai (DBJG: 209-10))

&Z)~TPL\~
(Please sit down.)

Note: k; Vmasu 7; P bl is politer than Vte 7; P ba. (Also, see Note in
3.a.)
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(e - kudasai)