Learn how to apologize
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| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Spanish Season 1, Lesson 5 - Making Apologies. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to apologise in Spanish. | |
| Becky: Here’s the informal way to say “Excuse me.” in Spanish. | |
| Laura: [Normal] Disculpa | |
| Becky: This expression has only one word literally meaning “forgive” | |
| Laura: [Normal] disculpa [Slow] disculpa | |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal word equivalent in English to “Excuse me.” | |
| Laura: [Slow] Disculpa [Normal] Disculpa | |
| Becky: Ok, now let’s see the formal way to say “Excuse me.” | |
| Laura: [Normal] Disculpe | |
| Becky: This expression has only one word literally meaning “forgive” | |
| Laura: [Normal] disculpe [Slow] disculpe | |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal word equivalent in English of “Excuse me.” | |
| Laura: [Slow] Disculpe [Normal] Disculpe | |
| Becky: Next up is the way to say “I’m sorry.” | |
| Laura: [Normal] Lo siento | |
| Becky: First is a word meaning “it” | |
| Laura: [Normal] lo [Slow] lo | |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning “feel” | |
| Laura: [Normal] siento [Slow] siento | |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning “I’m sorry.” | |
| Laura: [Slow] Lo siento [Normal] Lo siento | |
| Becky: Finally is a way to say “Sorry.” | |
| Laura: [Normal] Perdón | |
| Becky: This expression has only one word literally meaning “forgive” | |
| Laura: [Normal] perdón [Slow] perdón | |
| Becky: Listen again to the word that is equivalent to the English “Sorry.” | |
| Laura: [Slow] Perdón [Normal] Perdón | |
| Cultural Insight | |
| Becky: Now it’s time for a quick cultural insight. | |
| Laura: If you accidentally bump into someone on the street, the most natural expression would be lo siento. | |
| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! | |
| Laura: Hasta pronto. |
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Hola, Lo siento me espanol no entiendo suficent
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Hola! Lo siento, estoy no bien en hablar espanol!