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