What is the polite way to say, "move?"


My grandma always says, "そこ" when she wants someone to move, -usually she just
says that to my mom or me- but I have heard that that translates more as a
brusque, **move** than an, "excuse me". Would I just add ”ください” to the end to
make it more polite?




そこ literally means "there" so you can't just add ください to it. For "move", I
think you would say:

> どいて。(informal)  
>  どいてください。(polite form of どいて, but still sounds informal)  
>  (ちょっと、)そこ、あけて。 (Lit. Make room there.)  
>  etc.

To sound polite I think you could say:

> ちょっとあけてください。  
>  ちょっとあけてくれませんか。  
>  ちょっとあけてもらえますか。  
>  ちょっとあけてもらえませんか。  
>  ちょっとすみません。  
>  etc...

