language learning center · A1 · Lesson 9
Ask for repetition and clarification
Practice this topic in Spanish: Ask for repetition and clarification.
Understand and learn
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
Lucía
No entiendo.
I do not understand.
Mateo
¿Puedes repetir, por favor?
Can you repeat, please?
Lucía
Más despacio, por favor.
More slowly, please.
Mateo
¿Qué significa esta palabra?
What does this word mean?
Notice, try, and speak
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
Useful words and phrases
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
No entiendo.
I do not understand.
No entiendo.
¿Puedes repetir, por favor?
Can you repeat, please?
¿Puedes repetir, por favor?
Más despacio, por favor.
More slowly, please.
Más despacio, por favor.
¿Qué significa esta palabra?
What does this word mean?
¿Qué significa esta palabra?
¿Cómo se dice esto en español?
How do you say this in Spanish?
¿Cómo se dice esto en español?
Notice, try, and speak
Which Spanish sentence has this meaning: “I do not understand.”
Make it yours
Say the five Spanish turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.
Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.
Use it with someone
Use this Spanish in a real conversation
- 1. No entiendo.
- 2. ¿Puedes repetir, por favor?
- 3. Más despacio, por favor.
- 4. ¿Qué significa esta palabra?
- 5. ¿Cómo se dice esto en español?