"Говорите медленнее, я не понимаю."

Translation: Speak more slowly, I do not understand.

[MarcoJansen96]

Now this is a sentence I see myself using a lot :)

[ricojes]

my exact sentiments on duo's audio

[dave.pretty]

Shouldn't this be "Speak more slowly"?

[AnastasiaStyIes]

Yes, of course. Since we're describing an action, not a noun, it needs an adverbial construction (more slowly), not an adjective (slower).

The current "best translation" of "Speak slower...", is incorrect English.

[chall77]

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/adverbs/compare.htm

[mehtap0800]

Ironically, I needed the turtle's help with this exercise.

[JewishPolyglot]

If "slow" is медленный and "slower" is медленнее, what's "slowest?"

[keinemeinung]

These are slightly different parts of speech. If you're talking about adjectives, then simply самый медленный. If adverbs, then it's a bit trickier... I'd say медленнее всех or медленнее всего.

[Tom450579]

Agree speaking needs an adverb and that is slowly - unless American English has a different rule ( or adverb!)

[xxiin-dza-dza]

What would be the difference with: говорите ПОмедленнее ?

[Kundoo]

No difference in this case.

[ChulHyunHw]

Why "Please speak more slower, I don't understand." is unacceptable? Since it is говорите, not говори, Isnt' there could be "please"?

[daughterofAlbion]

Because that is not grammatically correct English. We can use more slowly (to describe verbs) or slower (to describe nouns)but we cannot mix the two forms.

[Mountaineer2393]

Tell me please is the phrase "speak slowly please" totally wrong? i would translate this like "говорите медленнее, пожалуйста"...but the phrase "speak more slowly please" i would translate like "говорите помедленнее, пожалуйста"

[keinemeinung]

That phrase would be wrong solely because "speak slowly" is говорить медленно, but here we have the superlative indicating that the person wants them to speak slower.

[Mountaineer2393]

Thank you very much for your explanation!

[frankk1m]

Is the stress in the imperative form of 'govorite' the same as it is in the indicative form? That is, on the 'i'?

[Lucia380]

The word slowlier does not exist. Use: Could you please speak more slowly? ( Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

[vitaldos]

для чего здесь more? я так понимаю медленно - slow, медленнее - slowly? зачем еще сильнее усиливать прям вот медленнее примедленнее так чтоли?

[keinemeinung]

Медленно - это "slowly" , хотя некоторые носители английского говорят "slow" несмотря на то, что это наречие. медленный значит "slow" (прилагательное). Медленнее может быть или "more slowly" (наречие) или "slower" (прилагательное).

[vitaldos]

почему нельзя просто сказать speak slowly, без more?

[quest4good]

Можно, просто это будет означать "говорите медленно", а "speak more slowly" = "говорите медленнее".

[bleedingorange]

There is a sentence "поговорите с врачом" in another exercise. Can I use поговорите here?

[mehtap0800]

I tried and it was not accepted. I expect that they are not interchangeable. In the phrase "speaking to a doctor" the emphasis is on getting information from the expert, whereas in the phrase "speaking more slowly" the emphasis is more on the speed of the action of speaking.