How to Ask for Clarification - Examples and Variations

Learn how to ask for clarification

Also Appears In: Can Ask for Clarification Level 1.1 Can Do Mexican Spanish

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Let’s look at the expressions once more.

Listen and repeat.

Disculpa.

¿Puedes repetirlo?

Disculpa, ¿puedes repetirlo?

Disculpe.

¿Puede repetirlo?

Disculpe, ¿puede repetirlo?

No entiendo.

¿Puedes escribirlo?

Did you notice the new phrases I used?

No entiendo. "I don’t understand." No entiendo.

Literally, No entiendo means "Not [I] understand," but it translates as "I don’t understand."

No entiendo.

Entiendo is from the verb entender, to understand. Entender.

Note: Entiendo is a shortened form of yo entiendo. The pronoun yo, “I,” is omitted as it’s understood from context. Similarly, No entiendo implies “I don’t understand.”

Next is ¿Puedes escribirlo? Can you write it? ¿Puedes escribirlo?

First is Puedes, "[you] can," informal form. Puedes (enunciated). Puedes.

Next is escribirlo, which translates as "write it." Escribirlo (enunciated). Escribirlo.

Escribirlo is the verb escribir, "to write," with the pronoun lo attached to it. Escribirlo.

Together, ¿Puedes escribirlo? translates as "Can [you] write it?" ¿Puedes escribirlo?

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