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B2–C1 · Polite request questions · 4 patterns

Polite request questions

Ask for help, information or action tactfully.

01 · How to use this set

Start from the communication job

Ask for help, information or action tactfully.

Read the frame, try to complete your own sentence before opening an example, then compare the English structure with its German parallel. The point is retrieval and choice, not passive list reading.

02 · Representative patterns

Start with these reusable frames

A compact sample from the 4 patterns in this study set.

01Could you let us know whether [X]?Could you let us know whether the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Könnten Sie uns wissen lassen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02Would you be able to explain why [X]?Would you be able to explain why the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Wären Sie in der Lage zu erklären, warum [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03Would you mind telling us whether [X]?Would you mind telling us whether the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Würden Sie uns bitte sagen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04Could we ask you to confirm that [X]?Could we ask you to confirm that the team needs another day to decide? · German parallel: Könnten wir Sie bitten zu bestätigen, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?

03 · Complete set

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01Could you let us know whether [X]?QSTQPOL001 · Could you let us know whether [the team needs another day to decide]? / Könnten Sie uns wissen lassen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?02Would you be able to explain why [X]?QSTQPOL011 · Would you be able to explain why [the team needs another day to decide]? / Wären Sie in der Lage zu erklären, warum [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?03Would you mind telling us whether [X]?QSTQPOL021 · Would you mind telling us whether [the team needs another day to decide]? / Würden Sie uns bitte sagen, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?04Could we ask you to confirm that [X]?QSTQPOL031 · Could we ask you to confirm that [the team needs another day to decide]? / Könnten wir Sie bitten zu bestätigen, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht]?

04 · Continue

Questions in use

A useful next step from the same learning path.

01Workplace questionsCoordinate tasks, owners and deadlines at work.02Academic and research questionsTurn evidence and uncertainty into researchable questions.03Decision questionsFrame the next decision and its threshold clearly.04Negotiation questionsOpen room for concessions, pauses and workable compromise.

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Pattern PracticeFind a pattern you can reuseContinue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.Pattern AtlasCould you let us know whether [X]?Continue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.Pattern AtlasWould you be able to explain why [X]?Continue through a canonical Metkagram learning surface already linked from this page.