When should you say "please"?
Hi, I don't know if anyone else has this problem. Here's an example:
“Peter, can you pass me the bread?” “Peter, can you please pass me the bread!”
If I want someone to do something specific, but first ask if it's possible to do it without obligating them, it's still understood as a request, and the person then thinks I'm being rude and can't use "please." Once it's already been done, there's no point in saying "please," and I'm labeled rude. So, how do you differentiate between "ask" and "please"? What should you use, and is "please" rude or polite? I'm confused. Thanks in advance for your answers.
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So I always have the feeling when I say that this sounds very rude (from the emphasis) so I had reconciled it at that time, but luckily reconciled me…is more polite and like most people more ^^^
This formulation is simply part of the formal German language.
Primitiv could also be said: “Peter, bread, but zack-zack!”
There’s the question, “What’s the magic word?”
The answer is: “Please!”
Yes, it is a courtesy form and, in my personal view, also a question of culture!
Got another education from the old school. “Please”, “thank you” and “to blame” are the most common words I use and they come every time heartily. Sure, or I wouldn’t tell her.
If you use a “please” it’s more polite. And it won’t break your neck out of the crown. XD
Hello,
Please makes the question or request more polite.
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