ごらんなさい – Vocabulary details

ごらんなさい

Expression

Honorific

Polite

1. (please) look

2. see

used to emphasize that an earlier prediction was correct

Auxiliary verb

Honorific

Polite

Usually written in kana

3. (please) try to do

after the -te form of a verb

① 「見ること」の尊敬語。② 「御覧なさい」の略。

ほらごらんなさい。長ながくなかったでしょ。

There! That wasn't long, was it?

お母かあさんの身みになってごらんなさい。

Try putting yourself in your mother's shoes.

あそこの空あき缶かんをごらんなさい。

Look at those empty cans there.

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