¿Puede hablar más despacio? I speak only a little Spanish. ¿Qué significa esa palabra? What does that word mean? ¿Puede hablar más alto? I can’t hear very well. ¿Puede repetir? Sorry, I don’t understand. Könnten Sie etwas langsamer sprechen? I’m sorry, my German is not very good. Could you tell me what it means?Įntschuldigen Sie, ich spreche nicht so gut Deutsch. Könnten Sie mir sagen, was es bedeutet? Unfortunately I don’t know that word. Könnten Sie bitte etwas lauter sprechen? I can’t hear you very well. Könnten Sie es bitte noch mal sagen? Excuse me, I didn’t understand. Would you mind speaking more slowly?Įntschuldigen Sie, ich habe es nicht verstanden. Would you mind repeating that once more? Sorry, my English is not that great. If you have already asked them to repeat once, but still can’t understand, you can say you’re sorry in the following ways: Sorry, English is not my first language. If you don’t understand a certain word, you can ask the other person to explain: I don’t know that word, could you please tell me what it means? If the sound on the phone is unclear or the person you’re talking to is speaking too quietly, you can say: I can’t hear you very well. Could you repeat a little louder, please? Could you say that again, please? Sorry, I didn’t catch that.
#VOICEY SYNONYM FULL#
Record yourself saying voicey in full sentences, then watch yourself and listen.Youll be able to mark your mistakes quite easily.
Break voicey down into sounds: say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them. With these phrases, you can simply ask that the other person repeats what they said: Sorry, I didn’t understand. Here are 4 tips that should help you perfect your pronunciation of voicey. I recommend visualising yourself in these situations and saying these phrases out loud often, so they will come to you automatically when the phone reception is bad or you miss a question in a lively conversation. In very informal speech, such as with close friends, it may be alright to use expressions like “Huh?” or “What?” in English, German or Spanish when you couldn’t hear or understand somebody, but in most cases you should communicate in a bit more polite way.īelow you’ll find a few examples of English, German and Spanish expressions that you can use when you don’t understand or couldn’t hear something. What do you do then? At least I often find myself blurting out something slightly rude like “What?” or “Huh?” instead of a nicer, more sensible reaction. Imagine you’re having a conversation in a foreign language and simply can’t understand what somebody just said to you.
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