Keigo at work · Lesson 10

Requests: from 「ていただけますか」 to cushions

恐おそれ入いりますが、来週らいしゅうの水曜日すいようびまでにいただけないでしょうか。

Requests to bosses and clients: 「〜ていただけますか」 to 「〜ていただけますと幸さいわいです」, cushions like 「恐おそれ入いりますが」 and 「お手数てすうですが」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01Main dialogue: a few requests at the end of a meeting
  2. 02How heavy a request is: from 「てください」 to 「ていただけますと幸さいわいです」
  3. 03Cushion phrases: something to soften the start
  4. 04How a request is built, and easy mistakes

Practice

  • Match each phrase to its use
  • Which one is appropriate?
  • Which cushion phrase fits?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Make the request more polite
  • Put the pieces in order

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