"Ursäkta, god natt!"
Translation:I am sorry, good night!
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Grammatically this makes sense, but it doesn't seem to be a very useful sentence in everyday life.
A better translation is "Excuse me, good night" like when leaving the dinner table.
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Maybe a date that didn't go well, and the natural awkwardness that follows it? "So you, do you want to go out again?" "Hmm... no. I am sorry, good night" Just thinking out loud!
This sounds like it's missing a few word in the middle. Wouldnt you say "Excuse me, I am going to bed, good night!"? If you where at dinner and just stod up while saying "Excuse me, good night" and left the room it would be quite weird. Same in swedish, if you stand up and say "ursäkta, god natt" it would be very abrupt and quite antisocial. You would need to say "ursäkta, nu går jag och lägger mig, god natt!" to make it make sense in a social context.
"Thank you for the lovely dinner. I enjoyed myself, but I am tired. Excuse me, Good night."
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If you are encountering someone on the street at a late hour that you just REALLY don't want to talk to (right now or in general), you can try and cut the conversation short by something like "I have to go. Excuse me, good night." Then again, by far not all phrases on here make sense.
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It's usefel. You have a date and when I ask for a coffee at your place, you can say this :)
Is there a difference between förlåt and ursäkta? I think literally, ursäkta is "sorry" and förlåt is "pardon", but I feel like I've heard förlåt used in both ways.
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It depends on how you like to say it, it can be both "god" with pronouncing the d or without. I personally pronounce the d although my best friend e.g doesn't.
