Lost the connection

[volver]

Hello,


I am on the phone with my friend.

For some reason, I can’t hear her. Afterwards, can I say I lost you? I lost the connection?
What can I say?

Thank you

VOLVER

 

[JamesM]

"I lost you' and "I lost the connection" both work for me. In the U.S. we also often say, "The connection was dropped" or "the call must have been dropped" in the case of a cellphone call.

 

[Nunty]

"We were cut off" is another phrase I've used.

 

[coiffe]

"We were cut off" is another phrase I've used.

or "You got cut off."

 

[Dimcl]

"We were cut off" is another phrase I've used.

I agree. This would be the phrase I would most often hear and use.

 

[coiffe]

I think if you use "cut off," you have to refer to one side or the other, not both -- i.e. not "we," but either "I" or "you" got cut off.

 

[Nunty]

I think if you use "cut off," you have to refer to one side or the other, not both -- i.e. not "we," but either "I" or "you" got cut off.

Really? I've heard and used both:

In a hotel, back before direct dialing from rooms was the norm, I might have said, "Operator? I got cut off!"

But if I'm talking on the phone to a friend and the line goes dead (not unusual where I live, though better in recent years) I might call back and say "Sorry, we were (or got) cut off." I don't see a problem with it. Your mileage may vary.

 

[Dimcl]

I think if you use "cut off," you have to refer to one side or the other, not both -- i.e. not "we," but either "I" or "you" got cut off.

Given that we generally aren't sure who got cut off, "we got cut off" seems to be a fairly standard phrase (in my area of the world, anyway).