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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 |
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| 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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