Are You Sure Think About It Again

Learning a new language can be a tricky business; only you want to go information technology right. Right?

When you are learning English language, a lot of effort is put into picking upwards vocabulary, spelling, reading and writing.

All the same, the surface area where your learning becomes most crucial is when information technology finally gets put into do – not just in the classroom, but in real life. In the classroom, be it online or in a schoolhouse, someone is at hand to listen, to support, to test y'all and shape your learning.

But how can you make sure yous empathize what's going on once you exit into the world and begin to do your English? Often as we begin to practice our new-found language skills, we realize that the manner words sound in chat tin be very dissimilar from how we learned originally. Accents, speed, slang and idiomatic variances can mean we experience very lost – well-nigh as if the other person isn't speaking English at all.

Here is the EF English language Live guide to helpful phrases and words to use when yous're not quite sure what someone is telling you…

Formal

These short phrases are polite ways to communicate that you didn't hear or don't understand something in the English language.

• Sorry?
• Alibi me?
• Pardon?
• I beg your pardon?
  [this is particularly formal and now by and large used in England]

Longer formal sentences

These sentences will aid you when yous don't understand something even though you accept heard it.

• Sorry, I'yard afraid I don't follow you.
• Excuse me, could yous repeat the question?
• I'm sad, I don't empathise. Could you say it once again?
• I'one thousand sorry, I didn't catch that. Would y'all mind speaking more slowly?
• I'm dislocated. Could y'all tell me over again?
• I'thou sad, I didn't understand. Could you lot repeat a footling louder, please?
• I didn't hear yous. Delight could you tell me again?

Informal

These are more common, casual, conversational ways to ask someone to echo themselves, or communicate your lack of agreement. Some are more informal (i.e. rude!) than others.

• Sorry? – most useful for when you simply didn't hear
• Sorry, what? – useful for not recognizing the audio you heard
• A little more than informal (can be rude)
• 'Scuse me? – a more than casual version of 'excuse me'
• Huh? – not quite a word merely a sound; careful how you utilize it as it can sound rude; as a audio is more than commonly associated with 'I don't get information technology' or 'I don't understand' rather than 'I tin't hear you lot'
• What? – sometimes this can seem aggressive, be careful!
• Eh? – a sound usually used to communicate that it is difficult to hear/decipher someone
• Hmm? – a sound used when you are a fleck more absent-minded or maybe non listening so hard

Slang

• Come again?
• Say what? – this is particularly American English
• Pass that by me again?
• You what? – this is more common in the United Kingdom
• I don't get information technology… not a question simply a statement, meaning only 'I don't understand'

Idioms

Idioms are sayings particular to their language of origin. Here we take a await at three that y'all might use if yous wanted to discover a more creative fashion of maxim something that sounds complicated, unclear or difficult to understand.

• I tin can't make head nor tail of what you're saying.
• This is all Greek to me.
• Sorry this is as clear every bit mud to me.

Wil

Wil is a author, teacher, learning technologist and dandy linguistic communication learner. He's taught English in classrooms and online for virtually 10 years, trained teachers in using classroom and web technology, and written e-learning materials for several major websites. He speaks four languages and is currently looking for another one to showtime learning.

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Source: https://englishlive.ef.com/blog/language-lab/say-didnt-understand-someone-english/

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