prašom

Lithuanian

Verb

prãšom

1. first-person plural present of prašyti

Usage notes

Shorter form of prãšome.

Interjection

prãšom

1. please
2. you're welcome
3. here you are

Usage notes

Although originally grammatically plural, prãšom is more common than prašaũ even when speaking on behalf of only one person. Balčikonis recommended prãšom over prašaũ, but in actual speech both may be used. There are also subjunctive forms prašýčiau (singular) and prašýtume (plural), used in literary language to further emphasize politeness and non-absoluteness.

Further reading

• “prašom, prašau, prašyčiau, prašome, prašytume”, in Konsultacijų bankas [Consultation bank], Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija [Commission on the Lithuanian language], 2003–2024
• Petras Kniūkšta, editor (2004), “Kalbos etiketas”, in Kompiuterinis lietuvių kalbos žinynas. Nuo morfologijos iki reikalų raštų, Vilnius: Šviesa