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Grammar detail: くださる、くださいます、くださいません
くださる、くださいます、くださいません
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くださる is most commonly encountered in the form ください, please. However, it may actually be encountered in several of its other forms - as the plain form verb くださる itself, or the forms くださいます and くださいませんか, both of which function as politer forms of ください.
くださる is already extremely polite, but it may be further heightened using the humble form お + (verb stem form) + くださる, instead of the more typical て form used above:
The humble form can be used with plain ください or 下さい (this is known as the humble ください form). This adds a tone of respect, but without the same level of 'extreme politeness', so it might be found in requests written in official documents, for example:
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Kanji used in this grammar
カ ゲ した below, under しも bottom part もと under (influence) さげる to lower, to reduce さがる to be lowered くだる to descend くだす to judge くださる to give おろす to drop off (passenger) おりる to get off (train)
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