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"I don't get you" usually means "I don't understand what you're talking about". It could also mean "I find your behavior confusing or ... Home Forums What'snew Members Login Register What'snew Search Newposts Searchforums Help Rules Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums LearningEnglish AskaTeacher Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. [General] didn'tgetyouordon'tgetyou? Threadstarter ranjan69 Startdate Sep28,2013 R ranjan69 Newmember Joined Sep28,2013 MemberType InterestedinLanguage NativeLanguage Telugu HomeCountry India CurrentLocation India Hi, Ihaveadoubtregardingtheusageofbelowmentionedsentencesandtheircontext. Idon'tgetyou. Ididn'tgetyou. Howandwhentousewhichsentence?Imean,ifwedon'tunderstandwhatapersonissayingtowhomweare speaking?Anyhelpwillbeappreciated. ThankYou.   emsr2d2 Moderator Staffmember Joined Jul28,2009 MemberType EnglishTeacher NativeLanguage BritishEnglish HomeCountry UK CurrentLocation UK ranjan69said: Hi, Ihaveadoubtregardingtheusageofbelowmentionedsentencesandtheircontext. Idon'tgetyou. Ididn'tgetyou. Howandwhen[strike]to[/strike]shouldIusewhichsentence?Imean(nocommarequired)ifwedon'tunderstandwhatapersonissayingtowhomwearespeaking.Anyhelpwillbeappreciated. Thankyou. Clicktoexpand... IfIdidn'tunderstandwhatsomeonesaidtome,Iwouldsay"I'msorry.Ididn'tunderstandthat.Couldyouexplainitadifferentway?"IfIsimplydidn'thearwhattheysaid,Iwouldsay"I'msorry,Ididn'thear/catchthat.Couldyourepeatitplease?" Although"toget"canbeusedtomean"tounderstand",itdoesn'treallyworkinthesentencesyousuggested.   SlickVic9000 SeniorMember Joined Oct19,2011 MemberType Other NativeLanguage English HomeCountry UnitedStates CurrentLocation UnitedStates Maybeit'sanAmEthing."Idon'tgetyou"usuallymeans"Idon'tunderstandwhatyou'retalkingabout".Itcouldalsomean"Ifindyourbehaviorconfusingorinconsistent".Anotherwaytosayit,atleastinAmE,is"Sorry,Idon'tfollow".Ican'tthinkoftoomanysituationswhereyouwouldusethesephrasesinthepasttense.   emsr2d2 Moderator Staffmember Joined Jul28,2009 MemberType EnglishTeacher NativeLanguage BritishEnglish HomeCountry UK CurrentLocation UK Iwoulduse"Idon'tgetit"toshowthatIdidn'tunderstandaconceptsomeonehadjustexplainedtome,butnot"Idon'tgetyou"tomeanthatIdidn'tunderstandwhatthatpersonsaid.   SlickVic9000 SeniorMember Joined Oct19,2011 MemberType Other NativeLanguage English HomeCountry UnitedStates CurrentLocation UnitedStates Ithinkit'sjustalazywayofsaying"Idon'tgetwhatyoumean/whatyouaresaying".   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums LearningEnglish AskaTeacher Trustpilot Top



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