Request / Command / Prohibition
What do we want the other person to do?
معنا
A speech act that asks, tells, invites, warns, orders, suggests, or forbids someone to do something.
چطور آن را تشخیص دهید
Ask whether the speaker is trying to make the listener act or stop acting.
نمونهها
please|don't|let's|could you|must not
please sit down|don't touch it|could you help
Please close the window.
Visual guide
Speaker wants listener action
SPEAKER ──asks/tells──> YOU
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do it / stop it
Please close the window.
Same intention, different shapes: Command: Close the window. Request: Please close... Question: Could you help? Invitation: Let's go. Prohibition: Don't touch it.
نمای زبان
در زبان مادری شما
Requests and commands use imperative or polite forms with لطفاً and formal endings.
لطفاً بنشینید.
please sit-2PL/formal.
در زبانی که یاد میگیرید
English requests and commands use imperatives, modals, please, question forms, and intonation to manage directness.
Please close the window.
please close = request/command
Learners may sound too direct or use overly literal command forms.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.