Ch 27 · Lesson 21French · Chapter 27 · Lesson 21 · Phrase session
Apologising properly
From bumping into someone to a formal apology for a real mistake.
Why these go together
is for small things: a bump in the , a question to a stranger. is regret. For a real mistake, especially in writing, French reaches for and the formal noun . Note the word order in : an object pronoun goes before the auxiliary.
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Sorry, I had not seen you.
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I am really sorry about the delay.
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I did not do it on purpose.
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It is entirely my fault.
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Please accept my apologies.
Literally: I beg you to excuse me
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It will not happen again.
Literally: that will not arrive any more
Matching
0/6Match each phrase to what it means.
Fill in the blank
0/6Put the missing word back.
Pardon, je ne vous pas vu. (Sorry, I had not seen you.)
Je suis vraiment désolé pour le . (I am really sorry about the delay.)
Je ne l'ai pas fait . (I did not do it on purpose.)
C'est entièrement de ma . (It is entirely my fault.)
Je vous de m'excuser. (Please accept my apologies.)
Ça n' plus. (It will not happen again.)
Lesson 21 of 28 in this chapter