Texting

stp

AbbreviationInformalA1

Meaning

s'il te plaît

« S'il te plaît » in three letters, in a message to someone you address as tu: a friend, a sibling, a classmate. Never on a sign, which addresses everyone as vous.

How it is said

s'il te plaît

Gender and article

no article

Where you meet it

A text between friends, a note left for a flatmate.

Example

Tu peux acheter du pain en rentrant stp ?

Can you buy some bread on your way home please (stp)?

In the DELF

reading A2

Watch out

The svp / stp difference is the vous / tu one: it depends on who you are writing to, not on the level of politeness.

Elsewhere on the site

Same domain

Pairs often confused