How to Say ‘We can do’ in German
Wir machen können
veer MAKH-uhn KUR-nen
[veer MAKH-uhn KUR-nen]
💬 Usage Tip: This is not a natural full German phrase by itself. In correct word order, German usually says "was wir machen können" = "what we can do." Fun German fact: the verb often waits until the end!
🇩🇪 In Germany: German sentence structure can sound like a puzzle to English speakers. In polite hotel conversations, complete phrases are much more common than fragments like this.
Phrase Breakdown
Wir
[veer]
we
Subject pronoun for a group including the speaker.
Wir fragen, was wir machen können.
We ask what we can do.
machen
[MAKH-uhn]
do / make
From the verb "machen"; usually means to do or make.
Das Hotel erklärt, was wir machen können.
The hotel explains what we can do.
können
[KUR-nen]
can / to be able to
Modal verb "können" showing ability or possibility.
Bei dem Lärm fragen wir, was wir machen können.
Because of the noise, we ask what we can do.
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