“I didn't understand the instructions, can you repeat?” in Telugu: “నాకు సూచనలు అర్థం కాలేదు, మళ్ళీ చెప్పగలరా?”

When to use it

Use it when someone explained too quickly, such as how a ticket machine works.

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

In “I didn't understand the instructions, can you repeat?” ‘didn't’ negates the past and ‘-s’ marks the plural.

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"

“నాకు సూచనలు అర్థం కాలేదు, మళ్ళీ చెప్పగలరా?” — The sentence in Telugu

In “నాకు సూచనలు అర్థం కాలేదు, మళ్ళీ చెప్పగలరా?” understanding is phrased ‘అర్థం కాలేదు’ (the meaning did not come) ‘నాకు’ (to me). ‘repeat’ is ‘మళ్ళీ చెప్పు’ (say again).

నాకు

pronoun'to me', the one who understands

సూచనలు

nounplural of sūcana 'instruction'

అర్థం

noun'meaning'; arthaṁ kāvu = be understood

కాలేదు

verbkāvu · tense: past, negative · arthaṁ kālēdu = was not understood

మళ్ళీ

adverb'again'

చెప్పగలరా

verbceppu · form: abilitative, question · person: 2nd, respectful · maḷḷī ceppagalarā = could you say again

English × Telugu: What changes from one language to the other

English makes ‘I’ the one who understands; Telugu says the meaning comes to me.

Example conversation