please, if you please (used to make a polite request or affirm an offer)
çekim: çoğul Bitten · tamlayan Bitten
eş: Anliegen, Aufforderung, Flehen, Nachsuchen, Wunsch, Ersuchen
köken: Ellipsis of ich bitte (dich/Sie) (“I beg (you)”).
inflection of aller · inflection of aller: · second-person plural imperative
aile: allez-y !, comment allez-vous
🔊 Allez vous promener.
🔊 Allez le dire aux oiseaux.
🔊 De ce que j'évitais d'en parler, n'allez pas penser que je l'ignore.
my pleasure, you're welcome
eş: un placer
köken: From con (“with”) + gusto (“enthusiasm”).
don't mention it, no problem, not at all (conventional reply to an expression of gratitude)
eş: prego
please, would you be so kind
eş: пожалуйста, прошу
not at all · originally
köken: Borrowed from Arabic أَصْلًا (ʔaṣlan).
🔊 ز ان نشان با والد یحیی بگفت، که نیایی تا سه روز اصلا به گفت.
you're welcome, don't mention it
köken: From third-person singular future uncertain indicative negative of dəymək (“to be worth of”). Literally, "It's not worth it".
request, favor
çekim: çoğul iltimoslar · tamlayan iltimosning
köken: Borrowed from Arabic اِلْتِمَاس (iltimās).
aile: iltimosnoma, iltimoschi
please
köken: From Persian خواهش (xâheš).
grace, kindness, compassion, mercy
çekim: çoğul مەرھەمەتلەر
köken: From Arabic مَرْحَمَة (marḥama).
abbreviation of alsjeblieft
it's nothing, think nothing of it, you're welcome, don't mention it
eş: fraco, fracote
at all, a little · by no means
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek καθόλου (kathólou) from Ancient Greek καθ’ (kath’) + ὅλου (hólou) "on the whole, generally", genitive of ὅλος (hólos, “whole, all”).
🔊 Δεν έχω καθόλου λεφτά.
🔊 Δεν είναι καθόλου αστείο!
🔊 Έχεις καθόλου λεφτά; Δεν έχω καθόλου.
yes (in response to negative questions), disagree · Response to words of gratitude.
eş: ううん
zıt: はい, うん
köken: /ina/ → /ija/ → /ije/ → /iːe/ First cited to the late 1600s. Shift from いや (iya), from even earlier 否 (ina). While いや (iya) was broadly used in the Muromachi period, in the Edo period, いや (iya) shifted to use mainly in informal or more intimate contexts, while いいえ (īe) was used in more formal or polite contexts. いや (iya) is still in use, including broader senses not included for いいえ (īe).
🔊 「東京出身ですか。」「いいえ、大阪出身です。」
🔊 今日は雨だから、ピクニックには行けませんね?いいえ、雨ガッパを着れば行けます。
🔊 「ありがとうございます。」「いいえ、どういたしまして。」
at all
köken: From 결(決) (gyeol, “decision”, Sino-Korean morpheme) + -코 (-ko, adverb-deriving suffix).
it's nothing (response to a “thank you”)
köken: Literally, “no cause”. Similar to Faroese eingin orsøk, Norwegian Nynorsk inga årsak, Norwegian Bokmål ingen årsak and Danish ingen årsag.
first-person singular present of błagać
please, would you kindly
köken: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कृपया (kṛpayā), feminine instrumental singular of कृपा (kṛpā).
not at all
🔊 Pelkäsitkö? — En lainkaan!
🔊 Sattuiko? — Ei lainkaan!
kindly
köken: From laskavý + -ě.
you're welcome, with pleasure
short for amābō tē: please
🔊 Near-synonyms: quaesō, obsecrō
🔊 Vide, amabo, num sit domi.
🔊 Quis hic amabo est,
with pleasure; gladly, willingly, readily
köken: From Old Norse gjarna, gerna.