Pouvez-vous me passer le manager ?

English Translation

Can you put me through to the manager?

It is not “me passer au manager”? Is it something about the verb passer in this contact?

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Could it be that both constructions are possible? It would depend on whether me is the direct or indirect object:

“me passer le manager”: indirect object, verb, direct object
“me passer au manager”: direct object, verb, indirect object

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You would probably be understood if you used the 2nd sentence, but sentence #1 (i.e. the given translation) is correct.

Compared to a sentence like “Can you get me the manager?”, the French logic is kind of similar.

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