You can give me some money? - English example sentence

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blay_paul September 4, 2010 September 4, 2010 at 6:34:33 PM UTC

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This is not natural English.

FeuDRenais September 4, 2010 September 4, 2010 at 6:41:05 PM UTC

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I disagree here. This is perfectly fine English, IMO.

blay_paul September 4, 2010 September 4, 2010 at 6:49:04 PM UTC

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Sure he doesn't mean "Can you give me some money?"

"You can give me some money?" would only be natural as a response to someone helping in a financially tight situation.

e.g.

Mr. A: I can't even afford petrol to drive to the job centre.
Mr. B: I might be able to help you out there.
Mr. A: You can give me some money?

FeuDRenais September 4, 2010 September 4, 2010 at 6:53:35 PM UTC

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I understand your suspicions :-)

However, the sentence is fine if viewed through an unbiased lens. It's just posing a question using intonation instead of inversion. And again, we don't know the context...

I would tag as "translation-check" if you're doubtful (as am I, a little).