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please

Source:*prositiProto-Slavic · “to ask”certain

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English

please

Polish

proszę

ˈprɔʂɛ

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Russian
пожа́луйстаpožalujsta
pɐˈʐalʊjstədifferent word · пожа́луй 'be so kind' + the polite particle -ста
Прошу́, the cognate, is a formal 'please'.
Ukrainian
будь ла́скаbudʹ laska
budʲ ˈlaskadifferent word · 'be (so) kind': будь 'be' + ла́ска 'kindness'
Polish
proszę
ˈprɔʂɛinherited
Literally 'I ask'.
Czech
prosím
ˈprosiːminherited
Literally 'I ask'.
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
molimмолим
ˈmolimdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *moliti 'to ask, pray'
Literally 'I pray'.
English
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