I have just seen this sentence “Könnten Sie bitte ein Foto für mich Machen?”. Why is it written with “Könnten” instead of “Können”?
Können vs Könnten

RexV
April 18, 2019

sfpugh
April 18, 2019
Können Sie is simple present tense, Könnten Sie is Konjuntiv 2 or subjunctive, you can Google that.
Basically it is more polite.
You may find this site useful for looking up verb conjugations.
http://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-german.html
Basically it is more polite.
You may find this site useful for looking up verb conjugations.
http://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-german.html

Liss-Rocket-Languages-Tutor
April 24, 2019
Hallo RexV und sfpugh,
I have edited an accidental extra "t" out of the first word in your post, sfpugh, but otherwise it's a perfect answer: you're exactly right! And thanks for sharing the resource - Reverso can be a super helpful site.
Tschüss!
Liss
I have edited an accidental extra "t" out of the first word in your post, sfpugh, but otherwise it's a perfect answer: you're exactly right! And thanks for sharing the resource - Reverso can be a super helpful site.
Tschüss!
Liss