Learn · Sentences Polite Requests

Would you mind waiting for me outside?

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Sentence

Narrator

Would you mind waiting for me outside?

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Making a Request

Would you mind waiting for me outside, please?

Being Polite

I'd appreciate it if you could wait for me outside.

Giving Instructions

Please wait outside for me.

Offering an Alternative

Would you mind waiting outside while I finish up inside?

Rephrased versions

Formal

Please wait for me outside.

Casual

Wait for me outside, okay?

Simpler English

Wait outside for me.

Phrases to learn

Would you mind

A polite way to ask someone to do something.

waiting for me

To stay in one place until someone arrives.