Should I get the door for you?

[deltron]

Greetings! I was wondering what a native speaker would say in this situation: I had entered through the main door of a building and was walking upstairs when I saw a person walking downstairs with a huge box that they could barely see over. I knew it wouldn't be so easy for them to open the door, so I asked "Soll ich die Tür für Sie holen?" That was just the proto-brain quickly translating the normal English sentence for this situation, and I knew right away that couldn't be the usual sentence.

What would be the best sentence here? Soll ich die Tür für Sie öffnen/aufmachen? Or maybe another verb I haven't considered? Thanks in advance!

 

[Sowka]

I think I would say: "Soll ich Ihnen die Tür aufmachen?"

 

[Demiurg]

I think I would say: "Soll ich Ihnen die Tür aufmachen?"

Or maybe "Soll ich Ihnen die Tür aufhalten?"

 

[Frieder]

Oder, um das alles zu umgehen: "Kann ich Ihnen mit der Tür helfen?"

 

[Kajjo]

"Soll ich Ihnen die Tür aufhalten?"

Yes, that's idiomatic for me.

 

[JClaudeK]

"to get the door" scheint ein sehr allgemeiner Ausdruck zu sein, der in verschiedenen Situationen benutzt werden kann:
cf.:
to get the door

Im obigen Kontext mMn passt Demiurgs

"Soll ich Ihnen die Tür aufhalten?"

am besten (das beinhaltet hier auch das Öffnen der Tür).

 

[Thersites]

I probably would not ask, but just say Warten Sie, ich mache Ihnen auf

 

[elroy]

I probably would not ask, but just say Warten Sie, ich mache Ihnen auf

OMG I thought of both of those things!
(1) Phrasing it as a statement and not a question
(2) Omitting “die Tür”

As a non-native speaker, I second-guessed myself. I thought maybe (1) was the Arab culture part of me speaking and (2) was limited to letting somebody in.

It’s nice to see my intuitions shared by a native speaker!

 

[Thersites]

OMG I thought of both of those things!
(1) Phrasing it as a statement and not a question
(2) Omitting “die Tür"

It’s nice to see my intuitions shared by a native speaker!

It happens to me with English phrasal verbs. I unconciously use them correctly and then ask myself: Wait a minute, is that correct?

 

[Kajjo]

I probably would not ask, but just say Warten Sie, ich mache Ihnen auf

I like that idea very much. I might say that.