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ちょうだい

(1) please do for me (preceded by -te), (2) reception, being given, get

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Examples

  1. そのペンをちょうだい。

    そのペンをちょうだい。

    Give me that pen.

  2. ちょっと待ってちょうだい。

    ちょっとまってちょうだい。

    Hang on a moment, would you.

  3. お母さん、帰りにおかしを買ってきてちょうだい。

    おかあさん、かえりにおかしをかってきてちょうだい。

    Mum, buy me some sweets on your way home, would you.

Common patterns

～をちょうだい
give me ...
～てちょうだい
please do ... (casual request)
ちょうだいします
I will gratefully receive it (humble)

Memory tip

Casual asking, heard most from children and in women's speech; with anyone outside the family use ください. As a humble verb, ちょうだいする means "to receive", like いただく.

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