ゲームをやめなさい。

凄（すご）い匂（にお）い！シャワー浴（あ）びなさい。

勉強（べんきょう）しなさい。

早（はや）く帰（かえ）りなさい。

野菜（やさい）を食（た）べなさい。

注意（ちゅうい）しなさい。

これをパパに渡（わた）しなさい。

道路（どうろ）を渡（わた）る前（まえ）に右（みぎ）と左（ひだり）を確認（かくにん）しなさい。

あっ、泥棒（どろぼう）が逃（に）げた！捕（つか）まえなさい！

本当（ほんとう）の気持（きも）ちを伝（つた）えなさい。

丁寧（ていねい）に話（はな）しなさい。

妹（いもうと）に人形（にんぎょう）を返（かえ）しなさい。

Using 「～なさい」 to make firm but polite requests

Difference between なさい and てください / でください

<div class='writeup-body'>なさい is the imperative form of なさる, an honorific language verb which specifically highlights and respects the actions of another person (never the speaker). Despite being respectful, the fact that this is a 'command' means that it would never be used toward a superior. Due to this, なさい is most frequently used toward peers, or people of lower status, like children. To use なさい, simply connect it to the ます stem of any verb.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>早（はや）く寝（ね）なさい！</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Hurry up and sleep!</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>遊（あそ）んでいないで勉強（べんきょう）しなさい！</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Stop playing and study!</div></li></ul>なさい may be shortened further to な, which becomes an even more casual form that is used most frequently toward peers.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>勉強（べんきょう）しな。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>You should study.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>お前（まえ）も悪（わる）いから謝（あやま）りな。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'> You are also at fault, so you should apologize.</div></li></ul><div class='writeup-caution'><div class='caution-header'>Caution</div>Be careful not to get confused between な (the particle), and な (the shortened form of なさい). These can seem very similar, but な (meaning don't) will always be used with the dictionary form of a verb, while な (meaning please do) will always be used with the ます stem of a verb.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>このクッキーを食（た）べな。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>You should eat this cookie.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>このクッキーを食（た）べるな。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Do not eat this cookie.</div></li> </ul></div></div>

Grammar Info

なさい

Command to do