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How to Say ‘Please drive’ in German

Bitte fahren Sie

BIT-tuh FAH-ren zee

[BIT-tuh FAH-ren zee]

Phrase Breakdown

Bitte

[BIT-tuh]

please

A polite word used in requests. It softens commands and questions.

Example

Schicken Sie bitte morgen die IBAN.

Please send the IBAN tomorrow.

fahren

[FAH-ren]

to drive / to go / to travel

A common verb for moving by vehicle or going somewhere.

Example

Wir fahren heute nicht über die Hauptstraße.

We are not driving via the main street today.

Sie

[zee]

you (formal)

Formal second person pronoun.

Example

Können Sie mir zeigen?

Can you show me?

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