1000 Most Common English Phrases

Communication difficulties

Am I pronouncing it correctly?

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋ?

Can you do me a favor?

āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ?

Can you help me?

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?

Can you please say that again?

āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟āϟāĻŋ āφāϰ⧇āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇āύ?

Can you show me?

āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ ?

Can you throw that away for me?

āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ“āϟāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ›ā§ā§œā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇?

Does anyone here speak English?

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϕ⧇āω āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ ?

Don't do that.

āĻ“āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋āύāĻž

Do you believe that?

āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ?

Do you have a pencil?

āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāϞ āφāϛ⧇?

Do you smoke?

āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ?

Do you speak English?

āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ?

Excuse me, what did you say?

āĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύ?

Forget it.

āĻāϟāĻž āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“

How do you pronounce that?

āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ?

How do you say it in English?

āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻžāϕ⧇ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇?

How do you spell it?

āĻāϟāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇?

How do you spell the word "Seattle?"

(‘āϏ⧇āĻŸā§‡āĻ˛â€™) āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇ ?

I can swim.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāρāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ

I can't hear you clearly.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋāύāĻž

I don't mind.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ

I don't speak English very well.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āĻœā§€ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŦāϞāĻŋāύāĻž

I don't think so.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏ⧇āϟāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāύāĻž / āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϤāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšā§ŸāύāĻž

I don't understand what your saying.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋāύāĻž

Is there air conditioning in the room?

āϘāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻļā§€āϤāĻžāϤāĻĒ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ?

I think you have too many clothes.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϜāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻĒ⧜

I trust you.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ

I understand now.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋ

Let's meet in front of the hotel.

āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋ

Please sit down.

āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧁āύ

Please speak English.

āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻ•āϰ⧇ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧁āύ

Please speak more slowly.

āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧁āύ

Sorry, I didn't hear clearly.

āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāχāύāĻŋ

That means friend.

āĻ“āϟāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁

That's wrong.

āĻ“āϟāĻž āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āύ⧟

Try to say it.

āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ

What does this mean?

āĻāϏāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āĻŋ?

What does this say?

āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇?

What does this word mean?

āĻāχ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āĻŋ?

What's the exchange rate?

āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻ•āϤ?

Whose book is that?

āĻ“āχ āĻŦāχāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϰ?

Why aren't you going?

āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϕ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āύāĻž?

Why are you laughing?

āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻ› āϕ⧇āύ?

Why did you do that?

āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āϕ⧇āύ?