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How do you say "What can you do?" in German?
Was kannst du tun?
In German, "What can you do?" is Was kannst du tun?.
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Pronunciation
Vahs KAHNST doo toon. Kannst rhymes with 'best', tun is the infinitive do.
Grammar notes
Kannst is the second-person singular of können (can). Tun is the infinitive to do.
Example sentence
Was kannst du besonders gut tun?
What can you do especially well?
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How to remember Was kannst du tun?
Können means can. Kannst is the you form.
Related words
- What can't you do? Was kannst du nicht tun?
- What do you love? Was gefällt dir?
- What is the temperature on Sunday? Wie hoch ist die Temperatur am Sonntag?
- What is the temperature on Tuesday? Wie hoch ist die Temperatur am Dienstag?
- What is the weather on Saturday? Wie ist das Wetter am Samstag?
- What is your job? Was ist dein Beruf?
- What is your personality? Was ist deine Persönlichkeit?
- Where are you from? Woher kommst du?
- Who is your best friend? Wer ist dein bester Freund?
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Questions about Was kannst du tun?
How do you say "What can you do?" in German?
In German, "What can you do?" is Was kannst du tun?. It is a noun.
How is Was kannst du tun? written in German?
Was kannst du tun? is written using the standard German script.
How is Was kannst du tun? used in a sentence?
Use Was kannst du tun? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Was kannst du besonders gut tun? (What can you do especially well?).
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"What can you do?" in other languages
- Japanese 何ができますか？ (nani ga dekimasu ka ？)
- Korean 무엇을 할 수 있어요? (mueoseul hal su itseoyo?)
- Chinese 你能做什么? (nǐ néng zuò shén me ?)
- Spanish ¿Qué puedes hacer?
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿Qué puedes hacer?
- French Qu'est-ce que tu peux faire ?
- Italian Cosa sai fare?
- Russian Что ты умеешь делать? (čto ty umeešʹ delatʹ?)
- Greek Τι μπορείς να κάνεις; (ti boris na kanis)
- Arabic أنت ممكن تعمل إيه؟ (inta mumkin 'tiAmil 'ieeh)
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