Vocab Info

N2 Expressions, Auxiliary verb

御覧(ごらん)なさい(please) look, see (used to emphasize that an earlier prediction was correct), (please) try to do

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Expressions

      1.

      (please) look

      Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language, Polite (teineigo) language,
    2. Expressions

      2.

      see

      used to emphasize that an earlier prediction was correct
    3. Auxiliary verb

      3.

      (please) try to do

      Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language, Polite (teineigo) language, Usually written using kana alone, after the -te form of a verb

    All Forms

    ご覧なさい 【ごらんなさい】御覧なさい 【ごらんなさい】

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    Examples

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      先生(せんせい):「お手本(てほん)をよく御覧(ごらん)なさい。」

      Teacher: 'Please take a good look at the example.'

      • N2

      (はは):「御覧(ごらん)なさい。お(かあ)さんが(ただ)しかったでしょ。」

      Mother: 'Look. Mom was right, wasn't she?'

      • N2

      (ちち):「よく()ごらんなさい。アリが砂糖(さとう)(はこ)んでいるよ。」

      Father: 'Look closely. The ants are carrying sugar.'

      • N2

      祖母(そぼ):「それ御覧(ごらん)なさい(むし)(さわ)ったって()にはしないですよ。」

      Grandmother: 'See. You won't die from touching a bug.'

      • N2

      (あね):「地図(ちず)をもっとよく御覧(ごらん)なさい。こんな(ところ)(まよ)っているどころではないわよ。」

      Sister: 'Please look at the map more carefully. This is not a place to get lost.'

      • N2
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