How to Say ‘Speak slowly’ in Japanese
ゆっくり話して
yukkuri hanashi te
[yukkuri hanashi te]
🇯🇵 In Japan: This is understandable, but 話して is a plain request and can sound direct with strangers. In real situations, ゆっくり話してもらえますか？ or ゆっくりお願いします is usually safer.
Phrase Breakdown
ゆっくり
yukkuri
[yukkuri]
slowly
At a slow speed; not quickly.
ゆっくり歩きます。
Walk slowly.
話し
hanashi
[hanashi]
to speak
To communicate using words.
話してくれますか。
Can you speak to me?
て
te
[te]
and
Used to connect words of the same part of speech.
聞いて教えます。
Listen and teach.
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