"I am sorry, I do not have a pencil."
Translation:Извините, у меня нет карандаша.
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One is in the nominative and the other is in the genitive case (-a ending). Remember the class about the genitive case when there is absence, the нет behind the word.
Well, skill. Russian nouns have several forms with different endings (e.g, парк, парка, парке, парку, парком).
English does that, too, just the number of forms is more limited, and your pronouns are a bit more detailed than nouns (I/me/my - Tom/Tom/Tom's).
Why isn't "мне жаль..." accepted? I thought Извините is more like Excuse me, instead of I'm sorry?
Извини is used in an informal setting, whereas Извините is used for formal settings and for addressing a group. I don't know why Duo cares so much here, since there's no context on who you're speaking to.
As I understand it, <<извини> means "excuse me", while "I'm sorry" would be <<извините>
No, that is not true. The former is informal, while the latter is formal.
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Сожалею (or к сожалению), у меня нет карандаша. Is not accepted but is actually more correct. Since "I am sorry" does not really mean asking for a pardon or forgiveness as "Извините" would imply. Сожалею also literally means "I am sorry".
You can use it, for example, if you really want something you did to be forgiven. However, you can also use it instead of «извини».
You use извини when you don't need to be polite, aka with a friend, someone you know. Ex: Excuse-me dad, excuse-me Vasya, excuse-me my son....
You use извините in two case: when you need to be polite and when you talk to a lot of people. Ex: Excuse-me Mr. President, Excuse-me citizens...
Note the -te ending of the "polite" form? It is the 2 p. plural. Without it, it's the 2 p. singular.
Hello! Would "Извините, у меня не есть карандаша" be acceptable? If not, why?
«Не есть» is not used for existence and possession. Нет is used instead.
When do you put есть and when do you not? Because I never know whether to put it in a sentence or not. Example: У меня есть кошка. As opposed to: У меня нет карандаша
That means someone pities you.
With жаль you use the Dative for the one who experiences pity or who is sorry. I.e. «Мне его жаль» means "I feel sorry for him".
Why would it be correct? The question is why you put it that way.
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I am sorry = tut mir leid (german) = lo siento (spanish) = я сожалею (русский) или просто Сожалею. Извините тоже можно сказать, но почему не принимается Я сожалею?
I just had «У мальчика есть карандаш» before this question, and now «Извините, у меня нет карандаша», except I typed карандаш. I want to understand why that was marked wrong -
Is it when it's a negation of having ("I do not have") that it is always genitive?
