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Jennifer: Welcome to 3-Minute Czech Season 1, Lesson 5 - Making Apologies. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to apologize for yourself and say that you didn't do it on purpose in Czech.
Body
Jennifer: Here's the informal way to say 'Excuse me.' in Czech.
Martin: [Normal] Promiň.
Jennifer: This expression has only one word meaning 'you excuse'
Martin: [Normal] promiň [Slow] promiň
Jennifer: Listen again to the informal word meaning 'Excuse me.'
Martin: [Slow] Promiň. [Normal] Promiň.
Jennifer: Ok, now let's see the formal way to say 'Excuse me.'
Martin: [Normal] Promiňte.
Jennifer: This expression has only one word meaning 'you excuse (polite)'
Martin: [Normal] promiňte [Slow] promiňte
Jennifer: Listen again to the formal word meaning 'Excuse me.'
Martin: [Slow] Promiňte. [Normal] Promiňte.
Jennifer: Next up is the way to say 'I didn't mean it.'
Martin: [Normal] Já jsem to tak nemyslel.
Jennifer: First is a word meaning 'I'
Martin: [Normal] já [Slow] já
Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'am'
Martin: [Normal] jsem [Slow] jsem
Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'it'
Martin: [Normal] to [Slow] to
Jennifer: Next is the word meaning 'so'
Martin: [Normal] tak [Slow] tak
Jennifer: Last is the word meaning 'not thought'
Martin: [Normal] nemyslel [Slow] nemyslel
Jennifer: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I didn't mean it.'
Martin: [Slow] Já jsem to tak nemyslel. [Normal] Já jsem to tak nemyslel.
Jennifer: Finally, here is a way to say 'I'm sorry.'
Martin: [Normal] Nezlobte se.
Jennifer: This expression has only one word meaning '(you) don't be angry'
Martin: [Normal] nezlobte se [Slow] nezlobte se
Jennifer: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I'm sorry.'
Martin: [Slow] Nezlobte se. [Normal] Nezlobte se.
Cultural Insight
Jennifer: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Martin: Please remember that in the Czech Republic if you accidentally bump into someone, you don’t say “I am sorry,” which is Omlouvám se; instead you say Promiňte or Promiň.

Outro

Jennifer: 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!
Martin: Čau!

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