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June 30th, 2008

Learn German travel phrases with GermanPod101.com! A little German can go such a long way! Whether you’re traveling, visiting, or sightseeing, GermanPod101.com has all the essential travel phrases just for you! Today we cover a high frequency German phrase sure to be of use on your trip, travels or vacation to Germany.

Today we provide you with a linguistic tool to help take your German language skills to the next level. Today we will be learning how to ask the speaking party to “say it again”. Be sure to stop by GermanPod101.com and leave us a post!

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This entry was posted on Monday, June 30th, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Survival Phrases. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “Survival Phrases #9 - Can You Say It Again?”

avatar petiteclaire says:

Can “noch einmal, bitte” be also used to ask someone to repeat an action (ie in a bar to get another bottle of beer) ?

Or should I use “noch eine Flasche Bier, bitte” ?

avatar GermanPod101.com says:

“noch einmal, bitte” would sound strange to me in that context. “noch eine Flasche Bier, bitte” is perfect however :-)

avatar Salivia_Baker says:

Couldn’t you say “noch einmal das Gleiche, bitte” to the waitress if you want another beer? That doesn’t sound that strange to me.
But again it would be a thing you asking for not an action. If you want to say “Can you (please) do it again” would that be “Kannst Du es (bitte) noch einmal machen?” / “Können Sie es (bitte) noch einmal machen” Or using tun for machen even though that seems to be strange in a formal sentence.
Or specify the action. Like “can you (please) say it again” would be “Kannst Du es (bitte) noch einmal sagen” or if you want to listen to something again( like the new germanpod101 lesson ;) ) and ask “Can you please play that again” that would be “Kannst Du es bitte noch einmal abspielen”
But I think to get another beer you aslo could rais your bottle and say “noch eines bitte” (another one please)

avatar Teri says:

I learned that to ask someone to repeat something, to say “wie bitte?” Is this too short or impolite? I have used it before and the person repeated but I haven’t heard it very often.

avatar GermanPod101.com says:

“Wie bitte?” is perfect for asking someone to repeat something. It’s polite, especially compared to “Was?” or “Häh?” - these expressions are what first comes to mind, but children are taught not to say them because they are rude.

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