First Contact · Free speaking lesson
I Don’t Understand in French: Video Lesson
Say you did not understand and ask someone to repeat.
Watch, listen, then practise · 1 minute 33 seconds
Original Parle lesson with English captions, AI-assisted graphics and synthesized reference audio. Dialogue audio models the displayed complete phrases; sound-focus scope is stated in the lesson. Watch on YouTube · Read the captions.
Use the lesson
- Listen to Pardon, je ne comprends pas in the short introduction exchange.
- Hear Vous pouvez répéter and repeat the full polite request.
- At the learner prompt, say both parts before looking at the model response.
Lesson text and French models
Read the French models and the instructions you see in the video. Open the plain-text captions.
Exact existing sentence models with English meaning, learner pauses and role play. Synthesized reference audio; no voice assessment.
First Contact 3 · Je ne comprends pas
I can say I don't understand and ask someone to repeat.
Je m'appelle Luc. My name is Luc.
Pardon, je ne comprends pas. Sorry, I don't understand.
Je m'appelle Luc. My name is Luc.
Vous pouvez répéter ? Can you repeat?
/p/ in pardon. This clip models the sound only.
Close your lips, then release air abruptly.
You did not understand. Say so and ask the person to repeat.
Pardon, je ne comprends pas. Sorry, I don't understand.
Vous pouvez répéter ? Can you repeat?
I can say I don't understand and ask someone to repeat.
Free lesson link in the description.
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This video and its matching website practice are free. In the optional iPhone and iPad App, all 35 Sounds pages and the first 4 First Contact Course missions are free. The full 120-mission course requires Premium. Phrase Match detects words; it does not grade your accent.
Try the first 4 Course missions freeOriginal lesson by the developer of Parle: Learn & Speak French, App ID 6761505050. AI-assisted scripts and graphics; synthesized reference audio. About Parle.