Please say that again

How to ask someone to repeat something you haven't understood or didn't hear clearly.

Key to abbreviations: frm = formal, inf = informal, m = said by men, f = said by women

Language Please say that again
Afrikaans Kan jy dit weer sê? (inf) Kan u dit weer sê? (frm) Herhaal dit, asseblief
Arabic (Modern Standard) (a'ed men fadlek! - m / a'eedi men fadleki - f) أعد من فضلك
Arabic (Egyptian) (mumkin ti'ool/ee taani?) ممكن تقول ثاني؟
Arabic (Moroccan) ('awwedha 'afak) عودها عفاك
Armenian (Western) Հաճիս, ատիկա կրնաս/ք կրկնել: (Hajis, adiga grnass/grnak grgnel?)
Bulgarian Може ли да го повторите (Mozhe li da go povtorite)
Burmese Pyan-pyàw-ba-oùn
Catalan M'ho pot repetir, sisplau?
Chinese (Cantonese) 唔該你講多一次吖? (m̀gòi néih góng dō yātchi a)
唔該再講 (m̀gòi joi góng)
Chinese (Mandarin) 麻煩你再説一邊 [麻烦你再说一边] (máfán nǐ zài shuō yībiān)
請你再説一次好嗎? [请你再说一次好吗?] (qǐng nǐ zài shuō yīcì hǎo ma?)
Czech Můžeš to zopakovat? (inf) Můžete to zopakovat? (frm)
Prosím, zopakujte/řeknĕte to ještĕ jednou
Danish Kan du/de sige det igen?
Dutch Kun je/U dat herhalen alstublieft?
Esperanto Ĉu vi povus ripeti, mi petas?
Estonian Kas Sa saaksid seda korrata?
Finnish Sanotko uudelleen, kiitos?
French Pouvez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?
Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?
Georgian თუ შეიძლება გაიმეორეთ (tu šeiżleba gaimeoret) - frm
თუ შეიძლება გაიმეორე (tu šeiżleba gaimeore) - inf
German Könnten Sie das wiederholen?
Greek Μπορείτε να επαναλάβετε; (Mporite na epanalavete?)
Hebrew (tahzor od pa-am be-vakasha!) תחזור עוד פעם בבקשה!
Hindi क्या आप इसे दोहरा सकते हैं (Kyaa aap issey dohraa saktey hain?)
Hungarian Megismételné?
Icelandic Gætirðu sagt þetta aftur? Gætirðu endurtekið þetta?
Indonesian Bisa tolong diulangi?
Inuktitut ᐊᑏ ᐅᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᑦ Atii uqakkannirit
Iñupiaq Atii uqatkannigit
Irish (Gaelic) Abair sin arís, le do thoil
Italian Potresti ripetere per favore? (inf) Potrebbe ripeterlo per favore? (frm)
Japanese もうひとつ言ってください (Mō hitotsu itte kudasai)
Khmer Sohm niyay m'dawng tiat
Korean 다시 한번 말씀해주시겠어요? (Tashi hanbŏn malssŭmaejushigessŏyo?)
Lao ກະລຸນາເວົ້າໃໝ່ເບິ່ງດູ (Kállunaa wâo mai boeng duu)
Latin Dic iterum sivis / Iterum dicere potes?
Latvian Lūdzu, pasakiet to vēlreiz!
Lithuanian Gal gali pakartoti?
Macedonian Те молам повтори (Te molam povtori) - inf
Може ли да повториш уште еднаш? (Mozhe li da povtorish ushte ednash?) - inf
Ве молам повторете (Ve molam povtorete) - frm
Може ли да повторите уште еднаш? (Mozhe li da povtorite ushte ednash?) - frm
Malay Tolong ulang sekali lagi / Tolong ulang semula
Maltese Tista terga tirrepeti?
Māori Tena Koa he korero ano
Mongolian Дахин хэлж өгнө үү? (Dahin helj ügnü üü?)
Nepali फेरि भन्नुस् (pheri bhannus)
Norwegian Kan du si det igjen?
Occitan O pòdes tornar dire? (inf)
O podètz tornar dire? (frm)
Persian مي شه دوباره بگيد؟
(miše dobâre begid?)
خواهش مي کنم دوباره تکرار کنيد
(khahesh mikonam dobare tekrar konid)
Polish Czy możesz to powtórzyć?
Portuguese Pode repetir isso, por favor?
Romanian Poţi să repeţi, te rog? (inf)
Puteţi să repetaţi, vă rog? (frm)
Russian Повторите, пожалуйста (Povtorite pozhalujsta)
Scottish Gaelic A can thu sin a-rithist, ma's e do thoil e? (inf)
A can sibh sin a-rithist, ma's e bhur toil e? (frm/pl)
An abair sin a-rithist thu, ma's e do thoil e? (inf)
An abair sin a-rithist sibh, ma's e bhur toil e? (frm/pl)
Shona Ndinokumbirawo kuti muzvitaure futi
Slovak Môžeš to povedať ešte raz? (inf)
Môžete to povedať ešte raz? (frm)
Spanish ¿Me lo puede repetir, por favor? ¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Swedish Förlåt? Ursäkta? Förlåt, vad sa du?
Tagalog Pakiúlit mo yon
Thai พูดซ้ำอีกทีสิ?
พูดอีกทีได้ไหม (pôot èet tee dâi mái?)
Turkish Bir daha söyler misiniz?
Urdu (kya ap ise dobarah keh saktay hain? کیا آپ اسے دوبارہ کہسکتےہیں؟
Vietnamese Xin ông nhắc lại điều ấy?
Welsh Allech chi ddweud hynny unwaith eto? (frm)
Allet ti ddweud hynny unwaith eto? (inf)
Xhosa Ndicela uphinde / Khawuphinde utsho / Yitsho kaphinda
Yiddish (Bite, zogt dos vider a mol) ביטע, זאָגט דאָס ווידער א מאָל
(Kenstu dos nokhamol iberzogn?) כענסטו דאָס נאָכאַמאָל איבערזאָגן?
Zulu Ukwazi ukukuthi futhi na?

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