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<li><p>First you say "would you please", which is "唔該"(please/ excuse me- <em>more colloquial</em>) or "請你" (would you please- <em>more literary</em>); you can even say "唔該" and "請你" together and say "唔該請你" (excuse me, would you please)</p></li>
<li><p>then you say "help me/ for me", which is "幫我" or "同我"</p></li>
<li><p>then you state your request. </p></li>
</ul>

<p>For example: "打開度門" (open the door)</p>

<p>The whole sentence would be: </p>

<p>"唔該幫我打開度門" or  "請你同我打開度門"</p>

<p><em>You can substitute "打開度門" with any request</em></p>

<p><em>To be extra polite you can replace "請你" with "麻煩你/ 勞煩你" (trouble yourself)</em></p>

<p><em>If it was a command, you can just state your request directly. e,g. "打開度門!" or simply "開門!"</em> </p>

<p>Cantonese use final particle much more often than Mandarin. The most native way to say it, is "唔該幫我打開度門吖" -- using final particle '吖' to soften the tone and make it sound less demanding</p>

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<p>How do you request something to be done for myself in cantonese? </p>

<p>For example: can you ask him (to get playing cards) for me?</p>

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Requesting something to be done for me in cantonese
# Requesting something to be done for me in cantonese

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-01)

How do you request something to be done for myself in cantonese?

For example: can you ask him (to get playing cards) for me?

**Tags:** word-requests

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-01. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

* First you say "would you please", which is "唔該"(please/ excuse me- *more colloquial*) or "請你" (would you please- *more literary*); you can even say "唔該" and "請你" together and say "唔該請你" (excuse me, would you please)
* then you say "help me/ for me", which is "幫我" or "同我"
* then you state your request.

For example: "打開度門" (open the door)

The whole sentence would be:

"唔該幫我打開度門" or "請你同我打開度門"

*You can substitute "打開度門" with any request*

*To be extra polite you can replace "請你" with "麻煩你/ 勞煩你" (trouble yourself)*

*If it was a command, you can just state your request directly. e,g. "打開度門!" or simply "開門!"*

Cantonese use final particle much more often than Mandarin. The most native way to say it, is "唔該幫我打開度門吖" -- using final particle '吖' to soften the tone and make it sound less demanding


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