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How to Say ‘Please stay on the phone.’ in German

Bleiben Sie bitte am Telefon.

BLY-ben zee BIT-teh ahm teh-leh-FOHN

[BLY-ben zee BIT-teh ahm teh-leh-FOHN]

Phrase Breakdown

Bleiben Sie bitte

BLY-ben zee BIT-teh

Please stay

A polite command with 'Sie'. 'Bleiben' sounds like 'BLY-ben'.

Example

Bleiben Sie bitte hier.

Please stay here.

Words in this phrase

Bleiben

[BLY-ben]

stay

Remain in the same place.

Example

Ich möchte stressfrei bleiben.

I want to stay stress-free.

Sie

[zee]

you (formal)

Polite form of address, appropriate for neighbors in formal situations.

Example

Schön, dass Sie da sind!

Nice that you are here!

bitte

[BIT-teh]

please

Bitte is used to make requests polite; it can also mean you're welcome.

Example

Kommen Sie bitte herein.

Please come in.

am Telefon.

ahm teh-leh-FOHN

on the phone.

'Am' is short for 'an dem'. Stress the last syllable of 'Telefon': te-le-FOHN.

Example

Er ist am Telefon.

He is on the phone.

Words in this phrase

[ahm]

on the

Contracted preposition and article used before days.

Example

Am Montag passt es leider nicht.

On Monday it unfortunately does not work.

Telefon

[teh-leh-FOHN]

telephone, phone

A neuter noun for a phone; 'am Telefon' means on the phone.

Example

Das Telefon klingelt.

The phone is ringing.

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