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S'il vous plaitaît
Do we ever use the conditional mode when saying "please"? If it would please you, rather than if it pleases you?
I'm confident we use it in other than "please" (as in requesting compliance) phrases, such as
Tu peux y aller s'il te plairait.
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EducatorPermalink Reply by George Hunt on -
Hi Dwayne
You can use the conditional of plaire but I think it might be quite uncommon since "s'il te plaît" is such a common set expression.
I think I may have come across "si ça te plairait"
Again ,perhaps the "il" in "si'l te plairait" might refer to an actual (male) person rather than an "it" -and might work better then.
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Permalink Reply by Dwayne Roberts on
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Merci bien.
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Permalink Reply by Chantal Savignat on
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No. We don't use conditional mode when saying "please". Never.
"Plairait" is used, but not with the meaning "please".
Il te plairait = You'd really like it.
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Je vous remercie, Chantal.
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