Открой шкаф и возьми мой тёплый плед, пожалуйста.

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Breakdown of Открой шкаф и возьми мой тёплый плед, пожалуйста.

• открыть: to open
• и: and
• пожалуйста: please

Questions & Answers about Открой шкаф и возьми мой тёплый плед, пожалуйста.

Why are Открой and возьми in that form? Are they commands?

Yes. Both are imperatives (command/request forms) addressed to one person (informal you = ты):

• Открой = “open!”
• возьми = “take!”

So the sentence is literally “Open the wardrobe/cabinet and take my warm throw blanket, please.”

What’s the difference between Открой and Открывай (and возьми vs бери)?

This is mainly about aspect (perfective vs imperfective):

• открой (perfective, from открыть) = open it (as a completed action / “go and open it”).
• открывай (imperfective, from открывать) = be opening it / open it (more process/ongoing, or repeated, or “go ahead, start opening”).

Similarly:

• возьми (perfective, from взять) = take it (one complete action).
• бери (imperfective, from брать) = take it (more general/ongoing, sometimes like “take it, take it” or “help yourself”).

In this context, perfective imperatives (Открой, возьми) are the most natural for a simple sequence of one-time actions.

How would I say this more politely / formally (to вы)?