48: How to say sorry in Italian: mi dispiace vs. scusa
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🗓️ 5 August 2018
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Summary
Scusa! Mi dispiace! Learn the difference between these expressions (and which one to use if you accidentally burp).
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Today's words
Quando dici "scusa"? = When do you say "excuse me"?
Quando = when
Dici = you say
Scusa = sorry or excuse me
Quando spingo qualcuno per sbaglio = when I push someone by accident
Quando = when
Spingo = I push
Qualcuno = someone
Per sbaglio = by accident
Oppure se faccio un rutto = or if I do a burp
Oppure = or
Se = if
Faccio = I do/make
Un rutto = a burp
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Can you remember how to say sorry in Italian? |
| 0:03.0 | Last week we learned how to say me disbiace, which means sorry in Italian. |
| 0:08.0 | But it turns out there's actually another way to say sorry in Italian, |
| 0:12.0 | which requires a bit of explanation because there's a crazy rule you'll need to follow in order to use it correctly. |
| 0:18.0 | In this week's lesson, find out the difference between me disbiace and scusa, and learn how to use it correctly. In this week's lesson, find out the difference between me disbiace and scusa and learn how to use them correctly so you can say sorry like in |
| 0:26.6 | Italian. |
| 0:27.6 | Ciao all of all, andu a Five Minutes Italian. |
| 0:41.7 | I'm Katie and I'm Matteo. |
| 0:44.1 | Last week we learned how to say sorry in Italian. |
| 0:47.5 | Can you remember how? |
| 0:48.6 | Me Dispiac. |
| 0:52.7 | In today's lesson, we'll continue the conversation so you can learn another way to say sorry in Italian. |
| 0:58.0 | First, we'll listen to the conversation. |
| 1:03.0 | Let's listen to the conversation. Then we'll go through it step by step. |
| 1:07.0 | Matteo, when you say, me displeases, when I don't have money, |
| 1:14.6 | or when someone |
| 1:16.6 | me recount a a saddut triste? |
| 1:18.6 | And when you say, |
| 1:20.6 | when I'm saying, |
| 1:22.6 | when I'm going to |
| 1:23.6 | someone for a |
| 1:24.6 | or if I do a rutto? So, we continued with to go to someone for a wrong or if I do a rutto. |
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