Learn English Conversation | Asking Native Speakers to Repeat Themselves

Hi, everyone.

I’m Lynn.

Thanks for watching my video.

Today, I’m going to give you some tips that are going to help you improve your English

conversation ability.

Today’s tips are about how to ask someone to repeat themselves if you didn’t hear,

or understand them, or maybe they’re speaking a little bit too fast.

These tips are very important to help you start sounding like a native speaker.

So keep watching.

So sometimes when I’m talking to my students, I know that they don’t quite understand

what I am saying.

But, they are a little bit afraid or shy to ask me to slow down.

Or to repeat myself.

Sometimes, I talk too fast.

And I just want to let you know that it’s totally okay to ask someone to repeat themselves,

or to speak slower.

This is going to help you sound more like a native speaker.

So actually, there are a lot of phrases in English, that you can use, to help you to

ask someone to repeat themselves, or to speak slower.

I’m going to tell you what they are.

The first one you can say is, “Please say that again.”

Very simple.

And no one will be offended or upset.

They will be happy to repeat themselves one more time.

Trust me.

Another one you can say is just, “Excuse me.”

That means you didn’t hear what they said.

And they’ll either speak a little bit louder, or a little bit slower to tell you what they

said one more time.

Another one you can use is, “Sorry, I didn’t hear that.”

That’s another simple phrase to help someone know that you didn’t quite hear what they

said.

Another one is, literally, “Please speak slower.”

That’s ok to ask.

Don’t be shy about it.

You’re learning English and everyone will understand.

The next one is, “Sorry, what did you say?”

Or you can even just say, “What did you say?”

Without the ‘sorry’.

Both of those are completely fine.

And in a much more casual setting, you can even use, “Pardon me?”

Or simple, “What?”

Even just saying one word, “What?”, is better than letting the moment pass by.

And you not understanding what someone said.

If you ask people to repeat themselves, or to say what they said one more time, that’s

going to help you learn English quicker.

And build your confidence a lot more.

So if you follow these tips, you’ll be sounding like a native speaker very soon.

So follow them all!

So the next time someone says something you don’t understand, now, you know exactly

what to say.

Follow these tips that I gave you, and you’ll me on your way to sounding like a native speaker.

Thanks for watching.

See you next time.

If you can think of any other expressions to say when you don’t hear someone, let

me know in the comments.

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