How to Say “Could you say that once more, please” in Korean

다시 한번 말씀해 주세요

dasi hanbeon malsseumhae juseyo

Situation: Work, school & formalLevel: Beginner (TOPIK 1–2)

Meaning

Could you say that once more, please?

말씀 is the honorific form of 말 (“words”), used when asking a superior to speak. For your own speech you use 말씀드리다.

Romanization follows the Revised Romanization system and is a guide to pronunciation.

Ask a boss, teacher or client to repeat what they said. Starting with 죄송하지만 (“I’m sorry, but”) makes it even gentler.

한번 also means “try” (한번 해 보세요), but here it means “once”. 말씀 is the honorific noun for words; use 말해 for peers.

Syllables: 10 · Words: 4

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
다시
다	ㄷ+ㅏ	da
시	ㅅ+ㅣ	si
한번
한	ㅎ+ㅏ+ㄴ	han
번	ㅂ+ㅓ+ㄴ	beon
말씀해
말	ㅁ+ㅏ+ㄹ	mal
씀	ㅆ+ㅡ+ㅁ	sseum
해	ㅎ+ㅐ	hae
주세요
주	ㅈ+ㅜ	ju
세	ㅅ+ㅔ	se
요	ㅇ+ㅛ	yo

A ㅇ at the start of a syllable is silent; at the end of a syllable it sounds like “ng”.

Style: Polite (해요체)Sentence type: Request

Ends in -요. The everyday polite style, and a safe choice with shop staff, colleagues, strangers and anyone older than you.

It contains the honorific -(으)시-, which shows respect to the person being talked about or talked to.

These words from the TOPIK vocabulary lists appear in the phrase (shown in dictionary form).

Korean	Part of speech	Meaning	Level
다시	adverb	again	TOPIK level 1
주다	verb	to give	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “다시 한번 말씀해 주세요” mean?

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Answer: Could you say that once more, please?

Question 2 How do you say “Could you say that once more, please?” in Korean?

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Answer: 다시 한번 말씀해 주세요 dasi hanbeon malsseumhae juseyo

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