Verb

Kannste

can you (colloquial)

Kannste mal helfen?

Can ya help for a sec?

Kannste das sehen?

Can ya see that?

... + infinitive? Can ya ...? (colloquial) Kannste mir das geben?

haste (hast du), biste (bist du), machste (machst du)

A spoken-language contraction of 'kannst' (can) and 'du' (you). This kind of blending is typical in casual German speech.

Think of it as the German equivalent of 'cancha' for 'can't you'. It's just 'kannst du' slurred together.

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