Respect & Politeness
Please (when requesting)
Doya kore
DAW-yah KOH-ray
About this phrase
Why it works
Softens any request into a polite one; pair it before a verb, e.g. doya kore boshun (please sit). Works in both formal and informal contexts, though it leans polite.
Literally
Kindness doing
When to use it
Softens a request. Pair it with a verb, e.g. doya kore boshun, please sit. It sounds formal: you will hear it in announcements, on signs and in careful speech. In everyday talk people more often soften a request with ektu ('a little') or the English loan please.
How it feels
Gentle, courteous.
Formality
Polite
Grammar
Word by word
Inside kore
kora → kor + -e → kore
The full explanation
A fixed politeness phrase, doya kore literally 'kindness having-done' = 'kindly/please'.
doya: 'kindness'; a noun, no verb.
kore, 'kindly (lit. having done)': the conjunctive participle of kora, used adverbially; the only verb form here, forming the fixed adverb doya kore = 'please'.
Examples
In a conversation
You
Doya kore ektu aste bolun
Please speak a little slowly
Other
Accha, aste bolchhi
Okay, I'll speak slowly