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I was coming up with a phrase that means "don't look at me too much." in a very formal tone. I thought of many sentences but I don't know which one is the most correct one.
1) あまり見ないでくれ
2) あまり見ないでくれませんか
3) あまり見ないでくれないか
4) あまり私を見るな
5) あまり見ないで
I'd like to know the difference between each one of them.
(Also, the fourth sentence feels informal but I can't seem to find a formal wording for it)
I was coming up with a phrase that means "don't look at me too much."
"Look at me" could translate to a number of things, if you mean "watch what I'm doing" you might want to use the verb 観察【かんさつ】する rather than みる.
in a very formal tone.
1) あまり見ないでくれ
2) あまり見ないでくれませんか
3) あまり見ないでくれないか
4) あまり私を見るな
5) あまり見ないで
None of these is remotely formal in tone! 2, 3, and 5 are more or less casual and 1 and 4 are pretty blunt. The above stuff in formal Japanese looks something like this:
私をご覧【らん】にならないようよろしくお願いします。
