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What is the difference between ole hyvä and ole kiltti ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between ole hyvä and ole kiltti ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Simply put "ole hyvä" is formal and "ole kiltti" is not. Both can mean "please" in English, but "ole kiltti" has a more demanding tone and is usually used only with people you know well (family, good friends) and is probably most used by mothers who ask their children to do house chores for example. It can also be used when pleading for something (mostly used by children in this sense). "Ole hyvä" is mostly used when replying to "kiitos", when giving a present to someone or by people in customer service.
Ole hyvä:
- Kiitos! - Ole hyvä.
- Thank you! - You're welcome
- ありがとう！- どういたしまして。
(In a party/restaurant/etc where coffee is free to be taken by anyone:)
- Ole hyvä, ota kahvia.
- Please, help yourself some coffee.
- コーヒーを（ご自由に）どうぞ。
Ole kiltti:
(Mother to her child:)
- Ole kiltti ja kerää lelusi lattialta.
- Please collect your toys off the floor.
- いい子にしておもちゃを片付けなさい。
(A child pleading to an adult:)
- (Ole) kiltti, enkö saisi vielä yhden keksin?
- Please, could I have just one more cookie?
- クッキーをもう一個もらっていい？お願い！
I hope these examples demonstrate the difference enough.
(Also sorry if there are any oddities with the Japanese translations.)
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