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  2. /Polite requests (möchten)
  3. /bitten

bitten

bitten
to ask, to request
From Lesson 30:Polite requests (möchten)·German

Usages of bitten

Ich bitte den Mann.
I am asking the man.
Sie bittet das Kind.
She is asking the child.
Der Vorstand bittet, Sie mögen die Arbeit delegieren.
The board requests that you delegate the work.
Er bittet, der Assistent möge den Entwurf irgendwie überarbeiten.
He requests that the assistant somehow revise the draft.
Sie bittet, die Mitarbeiter mögen die Kunden vor der Sitzung kontaktieren.
She requests that the employees contact the customers before the meeting.
Der Vorstand bittet, er möge die Rückmeldung schreiben, weil es wohl lange dauern wird.
The board requests that he write the feedback, because it will probably take a long time.

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