Speaker stance
Speech intention
Request / Command / Prohibition
What do we want the other person to do?
अर्थ
A speech act that asks, tells, invites, warns, orders, suggests, or forbids someone to do something.
इसे कैसे पहचानें
Ask whether the speaker is trying to make the listener act or stop acting.
Visual guide
Speaker wants listener action
SPEAKER ──asks/tells──> YOU
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do it / stop it
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अपनी मातृभाषा में
हिंदी
Commands and requests change strongly by politeness level: कर, करो, कीजिए, मत करो.
कृपया दरवाज़ा बंद कीजिए।