Breakdown of me o tojite kudasai.
Questions & Answers about me o tojite kudasai.
In Japanese, body parts are often left in the singular even when English would naturally use the plural. So 目を閉じてください means Please close your eyes, even though 目 literally looks like eye.
Japanese usually does not need to mark plural unless it is important to do so. Since people normally close both eyes, 目 is understood naturally.
を marks the direct object of the verb. It shows what is being closed.
- 目 = eyes / eye
- を = object marker
- 閉じてください = please close
So 目を閉じてください means Please close your eyes.
The dictionary form is 閉じる.
This verb means to close for things like:
- eyes
- doors
- books
- curtains
In this sentence, 閉じて is the て-form of 閉じる. The て-form is then followed by ください to make a polite request.
