Could you speak in a more simple way please? I’m sorry, I’ve been learning French for a year: I can speak a little, but it’s difficult to understand everything.
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Est-ce que vous pouvez parler plus simplement s’il vous plaît? Je suis désolé, j’apprends le français depuis un an : je peux parler un peu, mais c’est difficile de comprendre tout.9 – More French Sentences to Say You Didn’t Quite Understand/ You Are Confused So, in this case, it’s perfectly fine to say “pourriez-vous parler plus lentement” or “vous pouvez parler plus lentement” / “tu peux parler plus lentement” and then please. French people speak really fast among themselves, and if many understand they need to slow down to help a foreigner understand better, sometimes they don’t slow down enough.
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8 – How To Say “Please Speak Slower” in French ?įor students of French, the main problem is often the speed of speech. In more casual French, we’d say “Ça veut dire quoi X ?”. To say “what does X mean”, say: “qu’est-ce que ça veut dire X ?“. 7 – Asking “What does X mean” in French ? In casual French, you could also say “c’est quoi X en français ?”. You may also say: “quel est le mot français pour X ?” (what is the French word for X?). To say “how to you say X in French”, say : “comment dit-on X en français”. So it’s a false friend, it looks like “I’m confused” but it doesn’t translate the same way in French! 6 – Asking “How do You Say X” in French ? “Je suis confus(e)” does exist in French, but it’s a very old-fashioned way of saying “I’m sorry” in French. You may also say : “je ne comprends pas tout” (I don’t understand it all), or “je pense que j’ai compris l’idée, mais pas tout les mots” (I think I got the idea, but not all the words). So, instead of “je ne comprends pas”, say, “Je ne comprends pas BIEN” (I don’t understand everything), causing your interlocutor to reformulate his sentence, using other words. More Details & Audio Samples 4 – What to Say To Express Confusion in French But If you just say “Je ne comprends pas”, the French person will think you didn’t get anything at all, and is very likely to just switch to English, or give up on you. Here again, typical French methods will teach you “je ne comprends pas” – I don’t understand. Here again, stay away from the Imperative mood. In more casual French, you can say “pouvez-vous / peux-tu parler plus fort”, or even drop the inversion : “vous pouvez / tu peux parler plus fort” then add “s’il te/vous plaît”. If your French interlocutor mutters, that’s what you need to say so they speak louder. Je n’ai pas entendu : pourriez-vous parler plus fort s’il vous plaît ?.But I would never say “répète”, it’s just too direct! And I’ll always add “s’il te/vous plaît”. In more casual French, we’d say “vous pouvez répéter” or use “tu” and say: “tu peux répéter “. I would not use an Imperative mood there as in “répétez” but smooth it a bit and say “pourriez-vous répéter s’il vous plaît” – “could you repeat please”. First, you’ll state the problem “je n’ai pas bien entendu” – I didn’t hear well, and then you may ask for the person to repeat. The next option will involve a bit more speaking from your part. Je n’ai pas entendu : vous pouvez répéter s’il vous plaît ?.It is the exact same thing as with “what” and “don’t what me”… We teach our children to not say “quoi” and kids would actually answer mockingly to another kid saying it “quoi, quoi, je ne suis pas une oie” (quack, quack, I’m not a goose…).
Some people say “quoi ?” – it’s very common but not very stylish.
In both languages, you’d put your hand by your ear, or turn your ear to the person as you are saying it, to reinforce the message that you couldn’t hear. If the problem is not that you you are confused, but just that you couldn’t hear – because the person didn’t speak loud enough, or because there was too much ambient noise for example, here is what you should say: So what should you say? 2 – What to Say When Didn’t Hear The French Sentence Well How many times have you actually said to someone in English “Repeat please”? “Répétez s’il vous plaît” is used only when you couldn’t hear the first time.įurthermore, it’s a bit too direct: it’s a order, using the Imperative mood. If you don’t understand something, don’t say “répétez s’il vous plaît”, because the person will repeat exactly what s/he just said : if you didn’t get it the first time, it’s unlikely you will the second. 10 – French Sentences To check The Person is Understanding You 1 – Don’t Say “Répétez s’il vous plaît”
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