Don't Be Afraid to Ask: 7 Polite Ways to Ask People to Repeat Themselves in English

are you afraid to ask people to repeat themselves because you think you might sound stupid or uninterested well you shouldn't be in this video i will show you seven amazing english phrases you can use when you want to ask people to repeat what they have just said [Music] [Applause] hi everybody welcome to zenfone maria i'm maria and i share weekly english fluency tips and tricks to help boost your confidence and fulfill your highest potential in english so if you're new to this channel welcome t

hese phrases will help you look knowledgeable and sound confident in your english skills so let's jump right into them before we get started i want to remind you to subscribe to this channel if you haven't already and click on the like button down below to support me let's go the first phrase is say that again i'm sorry could you say that again this phrase is mostly used in casual informal conversation say that again it's a shortened version of could you say that again or would you mind saying t

hat again so if you are speaking to people you're not very close with or in a business formal setting use the longer version of this phrase the second phrase we're gonna use is what was that what was that this phrase is the same as what but it is a more sophisticated way of asking for repetition than to just say what to make it even more polite you can say sorry what was that sorry what was that the next one is i didn't get that i didn't get that use this phrase when you actually didn't hear wha

t the other person said some other alternatives of this phrase are i didn't catch that the meaning of this phrase is the same as i didn't get that catch that means get that or i'm afraid i didn't get that this one is quite formal or sorry i didn't get the last bit i'm sorry i didn't get that the next one is i'm not sure i hurt correctly so instead of saying what i didn't hear you say this phrase you can also say you're not sure you heard that correctly and ask the person speaking to repeat it ag

ain or i'm not sure i heard correctly can you say that again this one is informal the formal one is i'm not sure i heard the last part correctly would you mind repeating that again please i don't think i heard you correctly the next one is could you run that by me again could you run that by me again this is another idiom phrase that is very common in spoken english you ask this question when you want to be certain you heard all the important details of something would you run that by me again p

lease the next phrase is sorry i don't follow you or sorry i'm not following we use this phrase in a situation when someone says something but you don't understand what they're saying so you're actually asking them to rephrase or to simplify whatever they're talking about i'm sorry i'm not following and the final phrase for today is huh what we usually hear huh and what on tv when we are watching some movie or on t on a tv show or when native speakers are talking so these phrases are considered

polite yes they are but only in informal speech with people you are comfortable with or people that are close to you what congratulations you've learned the seven most common phrases in english for asking people to repeat themselves and please remember there is nothing wrong with asking for repetition when you know these phrases what did you think of this video will you give these phrases a try let me know in the comments and if you've made it this far and you haven't subscribed yet make sure to

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