Translation help wanted!

[rhu]

For a kids' song I'm writing about the Tower of Babel, I need to know how to say "I don't understand you" (or "I don't understand that") or "Excuse me" (or "Sorry") in as many languages as possible. Idiomatic translations are fine.

You can also have fun, if you want, with "Please drop that stone on my foot" or similar ideas. But keep it clean. :-)

Bonus points if you come up with a phrase that rhymes and shares a stress pattern with a phrase in a different language.

Please include some clue as to pronunciation, including word stresses.

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[jencallisto]

Mandarin Chinese:
excuse me = dui4 bu qi3
i don't understand = wo3 bu dong3
i don't understand what you are saying = wo3 bu dong3 ni3 zai4 shuo1 shen2 me
i don't understand you = wo3 bu dong3 ni3 [but the meaning of this feels more like "i don't understand you at all" -- that is to say, your motives or behavior, rather than your words]

the bu in the middle of the phrases is light/unstressed, as is the "me"
4 is a straight down sharp stress
3 goes down and then up
1 is held high straight across
2 goes up, and in this case is less stressed than the 1 before it
[the shuo1 can probably be considered the peak of the phrase]