Learn how to apologize
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| 3-Minute Russian Season 1, Lesson 5 - Making Apologies |
| Introduction |
| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Russian Season 1, Lesson 5 - Making Apologies. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to apologize in Russian. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to say 'Excuse me.' in Russian. |
| Elena: [Normal] Извини.(Izvini.) |
| Becky: This expression has only one word meaning 'Excuse me.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Извини. [Slow] Извини. (Izvini.) |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal expression meaning 'Excuse me.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Извини. [Normal] Извини. |
| Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at the formal way to say 'Excuse me.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Извините. (Izvinite.) |
| Becky: This expression has only one word meaning 'Excuse me.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Извините. [Slow] Извините. (Izvinite.) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal expression meaning 'Excuse me.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Извините. [Normal] Извините. |
| Becky: Next up is the formal way to say 'My bad!' |
| Elena: [Normal] Это моя вина! (Eta maya vina.) |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'this' |
| Elena: [Normal] это [Slow] это (eta) |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'my' |
| Elena: [Normal] моя [Slow] моя(maya) |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'fault' |
| Elena: [Normal] вина [Slow] вина(vina) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'My bad!' |
| Elena: [Slow] Это моя вина! [Normal] Это моя вина! |
| Becky: Finally, here is a formal way to say 'I'm sorry.' |
| Elena: [Normal] Простите.(prastite) |
| Becky: This expression has only one word meaning 'I'm sorry.' |
| Elena: [Normal] простите [Slow] простите(prastite) |
| Becky: Listen again to the formal expression meaning 'I'm sorry.' |
| Elena: [Slow] Простите. [Normal] Простите. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Elena: Making apologies in Russian is really very simple. You can use the words [извините (izvinite)] or [простите (prastite)]. These words are also commonly used to catch someone’s attention. |
Outro |
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| 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! |
| Elena: Пока. |
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