47: How (and when) to say sorry in Italian

Published: July 29, 2018, 4 p.m.

If you're traveling in Italy and you want to be polite, you'll need to know how to say sorry! Learn how to apologise like an Italian in this week's episode.

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Today's Italian words
\nQuando dici\xa0"mi dispiace"\xa0di solito? = When do you normally say sorry?
\nQuando = when
\nDici\xa0= you say
\nMi dispiace = I'm sorry (literally, "it displeases me" or "to me, it displeases")
\nDi solito\xa0= usually
\nQuando non ho moneta = when I don't have change
\nQuando = when
\nNon ho\xa0= I don't have
\nMoneta\xa0= change
\nOppure quando qualcuno mi racconta un accaduto triste = or when someone tells me about a sad event.
\nOppure = or
\nQuando = when
\nQualcuno\xa0= someone
\nMi racconta = tells me
\nUn accaduto =\xa0an event/occurance
\nTriste\xa0= sad