Ask for clarification, slow things down, and confirm you understood.
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Nem értettem.
I didn't understand.
Tudnál egy kicsit lassabban beszélni, kérlek?
Could you speak a little slower, please? ('Lassabban' — lassú (slow) → adverb + comparative -bb.)
Tudna egy kicsit lassabban beszélni, kérem?
Could you speak a little slower, please? (formal) (Formal uses 3rd person 'tudna' (he/she could).)
Meg tudnád ismételni, kérlek?
Could you repeat that, please? ('Meg' is a perfective prefix — splits off in questions/negatives.)
Meg tudná ismételni, kérem?
Could you repeat that, please? (formal)
Megértettél?
Did you understand me? ('Meg' makes it perfective — 'fully understood'. -tél = past 'you'.)
Jól mondom?
Am I saying it correctly? (Literally 'well I-say it' — jól is the adverb of jó.)
Jól ejtem ki?
Am I pronouncing it correctly? ('Kiejteni' — ki (out) + ejt (drops). Literally 'drop it out' = pronounce.)
Hogyan kell helyesen mondani?
What's the correct way to say it? ('Kell + infinitive' = must / one needs. 'Helyes' = correct/right.)
Elfelejtettem.
I forgot. (El- (away) prefix — 'I forgot it away'.)
Van rá másik szó?
Is there another word for it? ('Rá' — onto it. Literally 'is there onto-it another word'.)
Ez ugyanaz, mint az?
Is that the same as this? ('Ugyanaz' — ugyan (same) + az (that).)
Hogy mondják azt, hogy…?
How do you say…? (Literally 'how do they say that, that…'.)
Mit jelent ez?
What does this mean? ('Jelent' from 'jel' (sign) — 'it signs'.)
Ezt hogy hívják?
What's this called? (Literally 'this[acc] how do they call' — same construction as 'what's your name'.)
Tényleg? Ez így van?
Really? Is that right? ('Így van' — literally 'thus it is'.)
Miért? Miért van ez így?
Why? Why is it like this? ('Miért' — mi (what) + -ért (for). Literally 'for what'.)
Meg tudnád ezt nekem ismételni?
Can you repeat that for me? ('Nekem' — to me; dative case.)
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