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I've looked up a lot on how to use the feminine 終助詞 "-わ", but I still don't
understand concretely grammatically where it is ok and where it is incorrect.
I do not use it for multiple reasons, but I want to explain to someone how to
grammatically use it properly.

Most often the person says "-くださいわ" which is incorrect. But why is it
incorrect?

I've read the imabi page and the jp wikipedia page and they didn't help much.
Is the -よ in "待ってくれよ" (like in a pleading tone) different from -よ in
"美味しいですよ"?

[わ usage at the end of
sentences](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/244/%E3%82%8F-usage-
at-the-end-of-sentences) I've read this, but it is different because it asks
about the meaning of its usage rather than the grammatical explanation of how
it is used.

Please help!
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grammar dialects role-language particle-わ
How to use 終助詞 -わ
Grammatically, わ always follows the dictionary form of a verb/i-adjective or
だ. It never follows the imperative form and ～ください/～ちょうだい. (～ください is
etymologically an imperative form.) As a feminine sentence-end particle, わ is
used to state a fact or her own feeling with mild emphasis. Unlike わ, よ safely
follows an imperative form.

>   * 煙草をやめるわ。 I will quit smoking.
>   * 煙草をやめたわ。 I quit smoking. (past tense)
>   * 煙草をやめたいわ。 I want to quit smoking.
>   * 煙草をやめて欲しいわ。 I want you to quit smoking.
>   * [*]煙草をやめてくださいわ。: (incorrect; やめてくださいよ is okay)
>   * [*]煙草をやめろわ。: (incorrect; やめろよ is okay)
>   * 鳥だわ。: (Oh,) It's a bird.
>   * 綺麗だわ。: It's beautiful.
>

Also note that this type of feminine わ is becoming rare in real conversations
in standard Japanese, although it's still common in fiction. わ is also very
common in Kansai speech and other western dialects regardless of sex.
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