Request / Command / Prohibition
What do we want the other person to do?
ਅਰਥ
A speech act that asks, tells, invites, warns, orders, suggests, or forbids someone to do something.
ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਪਛਾਣਣਾ ਹੈ
Ask whether the speaker is trying to make the listener act or stop acting.
ਉਦਾਹਰਨਾਂ
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.
ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਝਲਕ
ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਮੂਲ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ
Commands and requests change strongly by politeness level and social relationship.
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਦਰਵਾਜ਼ਾ ਬੰਦ ਕਰੋ।
Please door close do-polite.
ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਸਿੱਖੀ ਜਾ ਰਹੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ
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.