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Minta nasinya a.<br />

. Minta nasinya w.<br />

. Can I have some rice, please?<br />

Bagi kuenya<br />

Bagi kuenya u.<br />

Share the cake, please.<br />

Ketikkan surat ini<br />

Ketikkan surat ini *.<br />

Type this letter for me, please.<br />

How to make requests more polite<br />

tolong<br />

' minta tolong<br />

Requests can be made more polite by adding the word tolong, which<br />

literally means 'help', but which, when used in requests, means 'please<br />

(do something)'. Because tolong is polite, butpnot overly formal, it can<br />

be used for a wide variety of situations and with different addressees<br />

(with friends, strangers, teachers, parents and so on). We should note<br />

that, even though tolong can be translated as 'please' in ~nglish, it .<br />

cannot be used for offering (for example, 'Please eat', 'Please let me do<br />

it') or for invitations (for example, 'Pleasecome to the party').<br />

When we use tolong, the meN- prefix is dropped.<br />

Tolong bantu saya.<br />

Please help me.<br />

Tolong pegangkan payung ini.<br />

Please hold this umbrella (for me),<br />

Tolona panggilkan polisi.<br />

Please call the police (for nie).<br />

Tolong can be combined with minta, to make the request more urgent.<br />

Minta tolong panggilkan polisi.<br />

Please help call the police.<br />

We can also combine tolong with ya and dong, to make polite but<br />

informal (and friendly) requests. Ya'and dong can be placed either after<br />

tolong, to emphasise politeness, or at the end of the sentence, to<br />

emphasise the whole request.<br />

Tolong jagakan tas saya.<br />

Tolong jagakan tas saya<br />

Would you ?lease mind my bag for me?<br />

Tolana ya temani bapak ke toko.<br />

Tolong temani bapak ke toko m.<br />

Would you please accompany father to the shop?

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