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How do you ask someone to speak more slowly in French?

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  1. Pouvez-vous parler plus lentement ? ✔
  2. Pouvez-vous parler plus fort ?
  3. Pouvez-vous marcher plus lentement ?

Why: Parler plus lentement means to speak more slowly. Plus fort means louder, and marcher means to walk.

Huh, didn't know that: Doucement, which also means gently, is another way to say slowly.

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Pouvez-vous parler plus lentement is polite French for please slow down, my ears need subtitles.
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Answer: Pouvez-vous parler plus lentement ?. Parler plus lentement means to speak more slowly. Plus fort means louder, and marcher means to walk.

  1. Le Robert, lentement dictionnaire.lerobert.com/definition/lentement
    Avec lenteur.
    Checked 2026-10-12.
  2. Le Robert, lentement (synonyms) dictionnaire.lerobert.com/definition/lentement
    avec lenteur , à pas comptés , au pas , au ralenti , doucement
    Checked 2026-10-12.

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