Lesson 6 · 18 min

I don’t understand

I can say that I do not understand and ask for help politely.

Lesson notes

Ne makes it negative

Ne means no or not. Ne razumijem is a complete, useful A1 sentence.

Razumijem.Ne razumijem.Trebam pomoć.

Vocabulary

Ne razumijem

I don’t understand

Razumijem

I understand

Pomoć

help

Trebam pomoć

I need help

Oprostite

Excuse me / sorry

polako

slowly

malo

a little

hrvatski

Croatian

Dialogue

Learner

Oprostite, ne razumijem.

Excuse me, I don’t understand.

Clerk

U redu. Polako.

Okay. Slowly.

Listening self-check

Listen for ne, razumijem, and polako.

Speaking self-check

Say politely: Oprostite, ne razumijem. Trebam pomoć.

Writing self-check

Write one sentence saying you do not understand.

Examples:Ne razumijemRazumijemTrebam pomoć

This is a self-check. It is not graded automatically.

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