"אתה לא מבקש מספיק יפֶה."

Translation: You don't ask nicely enough.

[Hsn626796]

I feel.. there's something missing.

So מספיק means enough, but what makes יפה nicely, not nice ?

Is it an inherent characteristic of מספיק ?

[Hava_Dorit]

Because English.

(And I guess that באופן could replace מספיק, but I'm not sure (and because the sentence is in Hebrew, it's irrelevant). As in, אתה לא מבקש באופן יפֶה

I say this because באופן is often used to indicate an adverb, in English specifically the -ly form. Like, nicely.
Then the form יפה wouldn't feel like it needs to change.

May a native confirm*, please? Thanks in advance. I asked nicely. ;-) )

• or deny - done.

[Dov360473]

Sorry, but אתה לא מבקש באופן יפֶה means "You do not ask in a nice way". The word באופן means "in a manner" or "in a way".

[Hava_Dorit]

Thanks so much for the reminder, Dov! It's been a long time.

[tsafon]

מבקש can also mean "request" not only "ask"

[Dov360473]

Grovel!

[Agelastos]

Kibbutzniks are never polite.