〜をくださいませんか: meaning and usage

How to form it

• noun+を+くださいませんか

How it is used

Asks for an item in question form, politer than 「〜をください」 and suited to superiors or strangers. An even more polite version is 「〜をいただけませんか」.

Examples

1. 先生、 薬をもう少し下さいませんか？

   Doctor, could you please give me a little more medicine?

2. すみません、水をくださいませんか。

   Excuse me, could I have some water, please?

3. その地図を一枚くださいませんか。

   Could I have one of those maps, please?

About the example In 薬をもう少し下さいませんか, をくださいませんか makes the request for medicine a polite question. もう少し means “a little more.”