прекрати, пожалуйста
prekrati, pozhaluysta
The English phrase 'stop it please' is translated into Russian as прекрати, пожалуйста (prekrati, pozhaluysta).
This phrase is used as a polite request for someone to end an action that is annoying or unwanted. The word пожалуйста is an adverb used to make a request more polite and it can be placed at either the beginning or the end of a sentence.
How does it change in a sentence?
The imperative form прекрати changes to прекратите when you are addressing someone formally or a group of people. While прекрати is the singular imperative used with friends, family or children, прекратите is used for strangers or formal settings.
How do you pronounce it?
prekrati, pozhaluysta
Did you know?
- The word пожалуй is the root of пожалуйста, and it means 'perhaps' or 'maybe', showing how a word for uncertainty evolved into a staple of polite requests.
- The root of прекрати is shared with the word for 'beautiful' прекрасный, though the two words have evolved to have completely different meanings.
- If you want to sound much more forceful than a polite request, you might swap прекрати for the word хватит, which carries a tone of 'enough already' rather than a polite plea.
Examples in context
- Прекрати, пожалуйста.Stop it, please.This sentence demonstrates how to use the phrase прекрати, пожалуйста.Tatoeba #2283820 by sharptoothed, translation #2396325 by CK
- Пожалуйста, прекратите это. Я не могу сосредоточиться.Please, stop it. I can't concentrate.
- Я умоляю вас, пожалуйста, прекратите делать это.I beg you, please, stop doing it.
- Можешь, пожалуйста, перестать шуметь?Can you please stop making noise?
- Остановись, пожалуйста, это меня бесит.Stop, please, it annoys me.
- Пожалуйста, перестань кричать.Please, stop shouting.
- Прекрати, пожалуйста, шуметь в библиотеке.Prekrati, pozhaluysta, shumet' v biblioteke.Stop making noise in the library, please.
- Прекрати, пожалуйста, меня перебивать.Prekrati, pozhaluysta, menya perebivat'.Please stop interrupting me.
Example conversation
A man and a woman are at home and the man is tapping a pen loudly.
- Александр AleksandrТы слишком громко стучишь ручкой.Ty slishkom gromko stuchish' ruchkoy.You are tapping your pen too loudly.
- Ольга OlgaИзвини, я даже не замечала.Izvini, ya dazhe ne zamechala.Sorry, I didn't even notice.
- Александр AleksandrПрекрати, пожалуйста, это раздражает.Prekrati, pozhaluysta, eto razzhayayet.Stop it please, it's annoying.
- Ольга OlgaХорошо, я больше не буду.Khorosho, ya bol'she ne budu.Okay, I won't do it anymore.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
