Kilo Lingo

French · Chapter 8 · Lesson 17 · Phrase session

When you have not understood

What rescues a conversation you have lost. Learn these before you need them.

Why these go together

Every learner hits the moment where the other person is still talking and you stopped following two sentences ago. What saves it is not more vocabulary, it is having these ready without having to assemble them first.

  • Je ne comprends pas.

    I do not understand.

  • Je ne sais pas.

    I do not know.

  • Pouvez-vous m'aider ?

    Can you help me?

  • Comment ça se dit ?

    How do you say that?

  • Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire ?

    What does that mean?

    Literally: what does that want to say

  • Ce n'est pas grave.

    It does not matter.

    Literally: it is not serious

Matching

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Match each phrase to what it means.

Fill in the blank

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Put the missing word back.

  1. Je ne pas. (I do not understand.)

  2. Je ne pas. (I do not know.)

  3. Pouvez-vous m' ? (Can you help me?)

  4. Comment ça se ? (How do you say that?)

  5. Qu'est-ce que ça veut ? (What does that mean?)

  6. Ce n'est pas . (It does not matter.)