Meanings
phrase
- Begins a polite request; used on behalf of more than one speaker.
Can you tell us how you will motivate your students to learn?
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 請問 /请问
- 請問 /请问 (qǐngwèn)begins a polite request
Danish kan du fortælle os
- kan du fortælle osbegins a polite request
Finnish voitteko kertoa meille
- voitteko kertoa meillebegins a polite request
German könnten Sie uns sagen
- könnten Sie uns sagenbegins a polite request
Hungarian megmondaná, elmondaná
- megmondanábegins a polite request
- elmondanábegins a polite request
Italian puoi dirci, potresti dirci
- puoi dircibegins a polite request
- potresti dircibegins a polite request
- può dircibegins a polite request
- potrebbe dircibegins a polite request
Portuguese pode nos dizer, poderia nos dizer
- pode nos dizerbegins a polite request
- poderia nos dizerbegins a polite request
- pode nos contarbegins a polite request
Romanian puteți să ne spuneți...?
- puteți să ne spuneți...?begins a polite request
Russian могли́ бы вы сказа́ть
- могли́ бы вы сказа́ть (moglí by vy skazátʹ)begins a polite request
Spanish podría decirnos, podrías decirnos
- podría decirnosbegins a polite request
- podrías decirnosbegins a polite request
Swedish Skulle du kunna berätta för oss, Kan du berätta för oss
- Skulle du kunna berätta för ossbegins a polite request
- Kan du berätta för ossbegins a polite request
Cite this entry
APA
can you tell us. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/can%20you%20tell%20us
MLA
“can you tell us.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/can%20you%20tell%20us. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “can you tell us,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/can%20you%20tell%20us.
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