Translation
to be so kind as to, to please
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Examples
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Please sit down, sir.
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Please give me the book.
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Would you be so kind as to help me?
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He was kind enough to answer my letter.
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Please wait a few minutes.
Esperanto has no word for please, only a verb that means to be willing to. is and welded together in the imperative, so literally asks you to want to wait kindly. It takes an infinitive, never a -u clause, and that is the mistake to watch: , not . The alternative is , which is a touch warmer and can sit anywhere in the sentence. Both are ordinary politeness rather than anything stiff.
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 4: bonvoli, ke, kiu and 11 more words.