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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Polish Season 1, Lesson 5 - Making Apologies. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to apologise for yourself and say that you didn't do it on purpose, or that you are sorry in Polish.
Body
Eric: Here's the way to say 'Excuse me.’ or ‘I'm sorry.' in Polish.
Marzena: [Normal] Przepraszam.
Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'Excuse me./I’m sorry'
Eric: Listen again to the word meaning 'Excuse me./ I'm sorry.'
Marzena: [Slow] Przepraszam. [Normal] Przepraszam.
Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at the informal way to say 'Excuse me./ I'm sorry.'
Marzena: [Normal] Sorry.
Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'I'm sorry.'
Marzena: [Normal] Sorry. [Slow] Sorry.
Eric: Listen again to the informal word meaning 'Excuse me./ I'm sorry.'
Marzena: [Slow] Sorry. [Normal] Sorry.
Eric: Next up is the way to say 'I didn't mean it.'
Marzena: [Normal] Nie o to mi chodziło.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'not'
Marzena: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'about this'
Marzena: [Normal] o to [Slow] o to
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'it was (about)'
Marzena: [Normal] chodziło [Slow] chodziło
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I didn't mean it.'
Marzena: [Slow] Nie o to mi chodziło. [Normal] Nie o to mi chodziło.
Eric: Finally, here is a way to say 'I am terribly sorry.'
Marzena: [Normal] Najmocniej przepraszam.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'terribly, very'
Marzena: [Normal] najmocniej [Slow] najmocniej
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I'm sorry.'
Marzena: [Normal] przepraszam [Slow] przepraszam
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I am terribly sorry.'
Marzena: [Slow] Najmocniej przepraszam. [Normal] Najmocniej przepraszam.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Marzena: It really depends on the situation, but you would usually just say Przepraszam or "I'm sorry" while looking very apologetic. If you do something really bad, you can always try giving a small gift.

Outro

Eric: 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!

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