Questions & Answers about Закройте дверь, пожалуйста.
Why does Закройте end in -йте?
This is the polite or plural command form. The basic, informal command (for someone you address as ты) is закрой. To make it formal or polite (for someone you address as вы), you just add -те to the end.
The dictionary form for to close is закрыть. Where did the letters о and й in Закройте come from?
Russian commands are built from the they form of the verb, not the dictionary form. The they form here is закроют (they will close). If you drop the -ют ending, you are left with the stem закрой-. Then you add -те to make it a polite command.
Дверь is the direct object being closed. Shouldn't its ending change for the accusative case?
It actually is in the accusative case! Дверь is a feminine noun that ends in a soft sign (-ь). For this specific group of feminine nouns, the accusative case is identical to the dictionary form, so the word looks exactly the same.
Are all the letters in пожалуйста pronounced?
Usually, no. The letter й is almost always silent in everyday speech. Native speakers typically pronounce it as пожалуста (pah-ZHAHL-sta).
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