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I want to say:

Yes, get water please

in German, but I think my attempt is wrong. I'm speaking to one other person informally:

Ja, bitte Wasser kriegt.

Is this right? Do I conjugate like this or use "kriegen"?

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No, unfortunately your translation is not correct: "Ja, bitte Wasser kriegt" is a strange phrase which could be back-translated to "Yes, please water receives".

A possible translation of "yes, get water please" could be "ja, hole bitte Wasser", but it is difficult to be sure since you provide no context.

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I don’t see a verb in a question, but it’s like this:

Person A: Möchtest du (ein Glas) Wasser trinken?
Person B: Ja, könntest du mir welches bringen/geben? or: Ja, bringst du es mir?

If A and B call each other “Sie”, it’s:

Person A: Möchten Sie (ein Glas) Wasser trinken?
Person B: Ja, könnten Sie mir welches bringen/geben?

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