Ask for clarification, slow things down, and confirm you understood.
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N-am înțeles.
I didn't understand.
Poți să vorbești puțin mai rar, te rog?
Can you speak a bit slower, please? (to a woman) (Mai rar — literally 'more rarely', used for 'slower' in speech.)
Poți să vorbești puțin mai rar, te rog?
Can you speak a bit slower, please? (to a man) (Verb form doesn't change by addressee's gender in Romanian.)
Poți să repeți, te rog?
Could you repeat that, please?
Puteți să repetați, vă rog?
Could you repeat that, please? (formal)
M-ai înțeles?
Did you understand me? (M-ai = mă ai (you have me) — past of a înțelege.)
Spun bine?
Am I saying it right? (Literally 'do I say well?')
Pronunț corect?
Am I pronouncing this right?
Cum se spune corect?
What's the correct way to say it? (Se spune — 'one says' / impersonal 'it is said'.)
Am uitat.
I forgot.
Există alt cuvânt pentru asta?
Is there another word for that?
E la fel ca asta?
Is it the same as this? (La fel — literally 'at the same' = the same.)
Cum se spune...?
How do you say...? (Impersonal reflexive — 'how does one say'.)
Ce înseamnă asta?
What does this mean? (Înseamnă from semn (sign) — literally 'makes a sign of'.)
Cum se numește asta?
What's this called? (Literally 'how does this name itself?')
Serios? E corect?
Really? Is that correct?
De ce? De ce e așa?
Why? Why is it like this? (De ce — literally 'of what' = why.)
Poți să-mi repeți?
Can you repeat that for me? (Să-mi = să îmi ('to me'); pronouns often shorten.)
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