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Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute German 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 in German.
Body
Eric: Here's the formal way to say 'Excuse me’ or ‘I'm sorry' in German.
Albert: [Normal] Entschuldigen Sie
Eric: First is a word meaning 'to excuse'
Albert: [Normal] Entschuldigen [Slow] Entschuldigen
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'you’ (formal)
Albert: [Normal] Sie [Slow] Sie
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Excuse me. / I'm sorry'
Albert: [Slow] Entschuldigen Sie [ Normal] Entschuldigen Sie
Eric: Ok, now let's hear the informal way to say 'Excuse me. / I'm sorry'
Albert: [Normal] Entschuldige
Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'Excuse me.'
Albert: [Normal] Entschuldige [Slow] Entschuldige
Eric: Listen again to the informal word meaning 'Excuse me.’ or ‘I'm sorry'
Albert: [Slow] Entschuldige [Normal] Entschuldige
Eric: Next up is the way to say 'I'm sorry.'
Albert: [Normal] Es tut mir leid.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'it'
Albert: [Normal] Es [Slow] Es
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'to do'
Albert: [Normal] tut [Slow] tut
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'me'
Albert: [Normal] Mir [Slow] Mir
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'sorrow'
Albert: [Normal] leid [Slow] leid
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I'm sorry.'
Albert: [Slow] Es tut mir leid. [Normal] Es tut mir leid.
Eric: Finally is a way to say 'I apologize.'
Albert: [Normal] Ich entschuldige mich.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'I'
Albert: [Normal] Ich [Slow] Ich
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'apology,’ ‘excuse me,’ or ‘I’m sorry'
Albert: [Normal] entschuldige [Slow] entschuldige
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'me'
Albert: [Normal] mich [Slow] mich
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I apologize.'
Albert: [Slow] Ich entschuldige mich. [Normal] Ich entschuldige mich.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Albert: Please remember that in Germany if we accidentally bump into someone, we don’t say “I am sorry,” es tut mir leid; instead we say Entschuldigen Sie, Entschuldige or Entschuldigung for both cases.

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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