Grammar Info
N4 Lesson 7: 12/18

お~ください
please do (honorific)

お気をつけください is quite commonly used and accepted. This comes from treating 気をつける as one expression.

Structure
+ Verb[ます+ ください
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Information
お~ください is a 尊敬語(そんけいご) (honorific speech) expression in Japanese which is used in a similar way to なさい. It is the 命令形(めいれいけい) (imperative form) of くださる, which itself is the 尊敬語(そんけいご) equivalent of くれる. In this way, it conveys ‘please do (A) for me’.
  • こちらサービス使(つか)うインターネット申込(もうしこ)みください
    To use this service, please register via the internet.
  • こちらスリッパ使(つか)いください
    Please use these slippers over here.
お~ください is more polite than なさい, and may be used when making requests to almost anybody, regardless of if they are higher, or lower status than you).
  • 後(うし)ろ扉(とびら)閉(し)めください
    Please close the door behind you.
  • どうぞ、こちら掛(か)けください
    Go ahead, please sit right here.
Caution
ご~ください will only be used as part of the 謙譲語(けんじょうご) (humble language) expression, ご~する (or お〜する). In these cases, it becomes ご~してください.
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少(すこ)し待(ま)ちください
Please wait just a minute.
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どうぞ召(め)し上(あ)がりください
Please go ahead and eat.
[honorific]
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しばらく休(やす)みください
Please take a short break.
[honorific]
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Books
Genki II 1st Edition
Page 140
Genki II 2nd Edition
Page 170
みんなの日本語 II
Page 150 [CH 49]
[DBJG] A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar
Page 343
Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar Guide
Page 229