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14 October 2014
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gehen Sie, nehmen Sie
Gehen Sie zum Zeitungskiosk.
Go to the newspaper stand.

Nehmen Sie die U-Bahn.
Take the underground.

When you're telling someone to do something using the Sie form, the word order is reversed.

Sie gehen...
you go...
Gehen Sie...
Go...
Sie fragen...
you ask...
Fragen Sie...
Ask...
Sie bringen...
you bring...,
you take...
Bringen Sie...
Bring...,
Take...



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