Breakdown of Проверь, пожалуйста, есть ли у нас молоко.
мы
we
пожалуйста
please
проверить
to check
молоко
the milk
Questions & Answers about Проверь, пожалуйста, есть ли у нас молоко.
What grammatical form is Проверь?
Проверь is the informal singular imperative of проверить.
So it means a direct instruction to one person: check.
- Проверь = tell one person you know well, a friend, a child, etc.
- Проверьте = formal singular or plural
Russian imperatives often omit the subject pronoun, so ты is understood here but not stated.
Why is it проверить / проверь and not проверять / проверяй?
Because проверить is perfective, and here the speaker wants one complete result: do the check and find out.
- Проверь = check it once and get the answer
- Проверяй = keep checking / check regularly / be in the process of checking
In this sentence, the idea is not an ongoing activity. It is a single completed action, so проверь is the natural choice.
Why are there commas around пожалуйста?