Ask for clarification, slow things down, and confirm you understood.
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Nerozuměl jsem. / Nerozuměla jsem.
I didn't understand. (male / female speaker) (Past tense in Czech shows the speaker's gender via the -l/-la ending.)
Mohla bys mluvit trochu pomaleji, prosím?
Could you speak a bit slower, please? (to a woman) (Mohla = feminine past form of moct, used with by for conditional 'could'.)
Mohl bys mluvit trochu pomaleji, prosím?
Could you speak a bit slower, please? (to a man)
Mohla bys to zopakovat, prosím?
Could you repeat that, please? (to a woman) (Z- prefix often marks perfective/completed aspect.)
Mohl bys to zopakovat, prosím?
Could you repeat that, please? (to a man)
Rozuměl jsi mi?
Did you understand me? (Female addressee: rozuměla jsi mi. Rozumět takes dative — mi 'to me'.)
Říkám to správně?
Am I saying it right?
Vyslovuju to správně?
Am I pronouncing it right? (Vy- 'out' + slovo 'word' — 'to put the word out'.)
Jak se to říká správně?
What's the correct way to say it? (Literally 'how does one say it correctly' — reflexive se for impersonal 'one'.)
Zapomněl jsem. / Zapomněla jsem.
I forgot. (male / female)
Existuje jiné slovo pro to?
Is there another word for that?
Je to to samé jako tohle?
Is it the same as this? (To samé 'the same'; tohle 'this here'.)
Jak se řekne…?
How do you say…? (Literally 'how is it said' — impersonal reflexive.)
Co to znamená?
What does this mean?
Jak se tomu říká?
What's this called? (Literally 'how does one say to it' — tomu in dative.)
Vážně? Je to správně?
Really? Is that correct?
Proč? Proč je to tak?
Why? Why is it like this?
Můžeš mi to zopakovat?
Can you repeat that for me?
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