Language Blocks

Request / Command / Prohibition

Imperative Request Command Prohibition

What do we want the other person to do?

core basic Speaker stance

의미

A speech act that asks, tells, invites, warns, orders, suggests, or forbids someone to do something.

알아보는 방법

Ask whether the speaker is trying to make the listener act or stop acting.

예시

단어

please|don't|let's|could you|must not

구문

please sit down|don't touch it|could you help

문장

Please close the window.

Visual guide

Basic shape
Speaker wants listener action

SPEAKER ──asks/tells──> YOU
                       ↓
                 do it / stop it

Please close the window.
Compare shape
Same intention, different shapes:
Command: Close the window.
Request: Please close...
Question: Could you help?
Invitation: Let's go.
Prohibition: Don't touch it.

언어별 보기

모국어에서는

Korean (South Korean standard)
드러나는 정도
strong
중요도

Requests, commands, and prohibitions are highly shaped by politeness endings and forms such as -아/어 주세요 and -지 마세요.

조용히 해 주세요.

Please be quiet.

학습 언어에서는

Arabic (Modern Standard)
드러나는 정도
strong
난이도

Commands use imperative forms, while prohibitions often use لا plus jussive; politeness adds request phrases.

افتح الباب من فضلك.

Open the door, please.


자주 하는 실수

Learners may find imperative formation and negative commands difficult.

Same block, different coding

Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.

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