We are going to show you all the things you need to know about the basic sentence "Je suis désolé". To be more precise, this includes a detailed guide of what it is and how to use it in a dialogue with an audio example. Plus, we also added some super useful stuff like slow pronunciation audio, synonyms, dialogue example and more!
Translation : I'm sorry
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IPA : / ʒə sɥi dezɔle /
It literally means:
"Je suis désolé" is the common way to express "I am sorry" in French.
There are many ways to express your apologies in French, which one to choose will depend on the context and how much you want to apologize. Let's break it into 4 scenarios:
1: Informal context and "normal" apologies, you can use:
2: Formal context and "normal" apologies, use:
3: Informal context and "big" apologies, use instead:
4: Formal context and "big" apologies, you can choose one of those:
Dialogue
Attention ! Tu marches sur mes chaussures !
Be careful! You walk on my shoes!
Je suis désolé
I'm sorry
Pas de problème
No problem
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