Do you know?

Meaning: This is a question that asks if the person you're speaking to has knowledge or information about something. For example, you might ask, "Do you know where the library is?"

Choice of Words: Do is a helping verb that indicates the start of a question. You refers to the person being addressed. Know means to have knowledge or information about something. Together, "Do you know" forms a question asking for information.

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Did you understand?

Meaning: This is a question that asks if you understood something that was said or explained. It's like saying, Did you get the meaning of what was said or explained?

Choice of Words: Did is a helping verb that helps form questions in the past tense and you is a pronoun that refers to the person being spoken to. Understand is a verb that means to know or comprehend something. When you put them together, "Did you understand?" is a question asking if the person being spoken to understood something that was said or explained.

Could you repeat that?

Meaning: This is a polite way to ask someone to say something again because it was not heard or understood. It's like saying, Can you please say that again because I did not hear or understand it clearly?

Choice of Words: Could is a helping verb that shows possibility or permission and you is a pronoun that refers to the person being spoken to. Repeat is a verb that means to say or do something again. When you put them together, "Could you repeat that?" is a polite request asking the person being spoken to to say something again because it was not heard or understood.

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