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Say I want to express something like "Is it ok if I _only_ say [まだ], can you
understand?", in a context where I'm speaking with a Japanese person and I
want to ask if saying something without extra information is understood in
that context. My first attempt was:

『まだ』だけというのはいいですか？ 分かる?

I'm not even sure if it's the correct way of quoting myself, but does this
imply that だけ is part of the quote or not? I don't want the person to
mistakenly think that I'm asking if saying "まだだけ" is fine. How can I improve
this?
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How can I ask if saying "only" something is okay?
**SHORT ANSWER**

  * 「まだ」という言葉のみ (No other than the word which is "mada")

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**CASUAL EXAMPLE**

  * 「まだ」としか言いませんが、それで意味分かりますか？ (I'll only say "mada", will that make sense?)

**PRACTICAL EXAMPLE**

  * これから「まだ」としか言いませんが、その発言だけで伝わりますか？ (Hereafter I will only say "mada", but will that phrase alone be enough to express (my intention?)

**LONG SENTENCE EXAMPLE**

  * ゲームをしましょう。私はこれから一つの言葉のみを使います。その言葉は…「まだ」。「まだ」以外の言葉は使いません。「まだ」という言葉のみを使用することで問題ありませんか？ (Let's play a game. Hereafter I will use only one word. That word would be... "mada". Words other than "mada" will not be used. Will this be not a problem, that I only use the word "mada"?)
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> "Is it ok if I only say [まだ], can you understand?", in a context where I'm
> speaking with a Japanese person and I want to ask if saying something
> without extra information is understood in that context.

I would say

> 「まだ」と言うだけでわかりますか？ - _lit._ By only saying "まだ", is it understandable? /  
>  「まだ」と言うだけでいいですか？ - _lit._ By only saying "まだ", is it okay?

or maybe

> 「まだ」だけで、わかりますか？ - _lit._ By only "まだ", is it understandable? /  
>  「まだ」とだけ言えば、わかりますか？ - _lit._ If I say only "まだ", is it understandable?
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