“I didn't understand the instructions, can you repeat?” in Bangla (English × Bangla)

When to use it

Use it when someone explains directions or a procedure too fast and you want to hear it again.

“I didn't understand the instructions, can you repeat?” · The sentence in English

In “I didn't understand the instructions, can you repeat?” the first clause is a past negative, ‘did not’ + ‘understand’. The second is a question with ‘can’ before ‘you’; in speech ‘that’ after ‘repeat’ is often dropped.

I

pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter

didn't

contractiondo · tense: past · contraction of "did not"; makes the negative in the past

understand

verbunderstand · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · after "didn't" the verb stays in its base form

the

determinerdefinite article

instructions

nounplural noun

can

auxiliary verbcan · tense: present · modal verb of ability or permission

you

pronounpersonal pronoun

repeat

verbrepeat · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "can"

“আমি নির্দেশনাগুলো বুঝিনি, আপনি কি আবার বলতে পারবেন?” · The sentence in Bangla

In “আমি নির্দেশনাগুলো বুঝিনি, আপনি কি আবার বলতে পারবেন?” ‘বুঝিনি’ is again a past negative with ‘-নি’. ‘নির্দেশনাগুলো’ adds the plural marker ‘গুলো’, which also makes the noun definite, like ‘the … -s’. ‘পারবেন’ (will you be able) makes the request polite.

আমি

pronounpronoun 'I'

নির্দেশনাগুলো

noun'instruction' + plural marker গুলো

বুঝিনি

verbবোঝা · tense: past, negative · person: 1st · বুঝি + নি: 'did not understand'

আপনি

pronounrespectful 'you'

কি

particlequestion particle

আবার

adverbadverb 'again'

বলতে

verbবলা · form: infinitive (-তে) · বলতে 'to say'

পারবেন

verbপারা · tense: future · person: 2nd (আপনি, polite) · a polite request

What changes from one language to the other · English × Bangla

English puts ‘did’ before the verb for the negative; Bengali adds ‘-নি’ after it. English ‘repeat’ is ‘আবার বলা’ (say again) in Bengali.

Example conversation