Get ready to discover everything you ever wanted to know about the basic phrase "Je suis désolé pour toi". This include a detailed definition of what it is and how to use it in a conversation with an audio example. As well as the cool informations we added like synonyms, slow pronunciation audio, dialogue example and more!
Translation : I'm sorry for you
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IPA : / ʒə sɥi dezɔle puʁ twa /
It literally means:
"Je suis désolé pour toi" is the common way to express "I am sorry for you" in French.
If you want to express explicitly that you feel sorry for someone, use "Je suis désolé pour toi" in informal context and "Je suis désolé pour vous" in formal contexts. The second one also works when talking to a group of people (plural).
But if you want to simply express "I'm sorry", there are many possibilities. 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:
Synonyms of "I'm sorry":
Dialogue
Ton premier rendez-vous s'est bien passé ?
Did your first date went well?
Non, il m'a posé un lapin...
No, he put me a rabbit...
Je suis désolé pour toi
I'm sorry for you
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