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I believe "Mi dispiace" is more like "I apologize", whereas spiacente is like a quick "sorry!"
"i apologize" is "mi scuso".. "mi dispiace" and "sono spiacente" both means you are sorry..the former is more felt..like you're sorry for something bad..the latter is more "I'm sorry the office is close" (sono spiacente, l'ufficio è chiuso"
literally spiacente is "not liking"
What's the etymology with that? Wouldn't dis (not) piace (like) mean disliking something?
Yes.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dispiacere
Pay attention to the pronoun and conjugation: It's mi dispiace and not io dispiaccio. You're literally saying "it displeases me".
I belive its for the beginners to understand better. The other words we haven't had yet. But io and sono we've already practiced and so it, it makes sense for beginners
That's right. "Sono spiacente" sounds reaaaally formal, no wonder you've never heard that
So, just starting out with the Italian language, 'sono spiacente' is a formal version of 'mi scuso'. Sono spiacente means 'I am (very/whole heartedly) sorry' as in something you've done wrong and feel very bad for. While Mi Scuso means 'im sorry' informally, as in sorry (my mistake, my bad, we are closed sorry, oops sorry, sorry ill get you the right pen). The reason we are taught spiacente at first in duolingo is because it uses sono and not Mi, and a foreigner using spiacente shows native speakers of Italian that we are very sorry for our mistake? Is this all true and correct? hahaha
If I splash mud on a Ferrari I will say Io sono spiacente. If I splash mud on a Yugo I'll say scusi.
You're saying that Io sono spiacente is I feel realy sorry. And scusi like sorry for that. :P
Man, I even know the word 'dispiace' and it still didn't click. Aye, in the year I studied we were only ever taught 'mi dispiace'.
Some of the pronunciations need to be recorded again. I cannot understand the woman most of the time.
?? Mi dispiace seems like a more common way of expressing this? I've been to Italy more than a couple of times, and never heard this...
My husband is italian and he says spiacente is never used in this context. It's only like.... If the store is out of butter, oh, spiacente ("how unfortunate")
I haven't been on here in a while. Has this been changed from "mi dispiace"? I always thought this way to be more formal.
Sono spiacente may be translated both ways: I am sorry or I regret. they are equivalent!
This seems like a literal translation. I don't know Italian but am fluent in Spanish and know French. A lot of on-line translators translate literally. I have heard "mi dispiace," not this phrase.
Could you please tell me if lo is pronounced like a long u sound in english. I have listened to it repeatedly and don't feel certain of how it is being said.
mi dispiace is in common usage in Italy, and in my other courses. never heard of this word
Anyone knows the song "Sorry" by Madonna? She says this but without the Io.
In the three minutes since I did the last phrase with 'spiacente' in, it still hasn't picked up in usage...
This is one of those that I'm definitely not going to learn. Mi dispiace does me fine. Hasn't failed me yet.
Yes. You can almost always leave off the subject pronoun. There should be no confusion with "essere" conjugating "io sono" and "loro sono" because since it's a stative verb, "spiacente" is an adjective that must agree with the subject, whether the subject is explicitly stated or not.
"ce" and "ci" are pronounced "che" and "chi". For example, "cintura" (belt) is pronounced "chin-tu-ra". Because there's a second vowel, "cioccolato" is pronounced "chok-ko-la-to", not "chi-ok-ko-la-to".
"sce" and "sci" are pronounced "she" and "shi".
I have never hear this since I came to stay in Italy, not even when I went to an Italian school. Most of the time they say "mi dispiace" or " mi scusi",but what one of my extra Italian teachers told me that"rammaricato" also works. Crazy right >_<
No estoy de acuerdo, unas veces me acepta I am sorry, y otras sólo sorry. Entonces porque me la rechaza.
Sí, en inglés, más formal es "I am sorry" --> "I'm sorry" --> "Sorry" es más informal.
The robot didn't recognise my sentence though my pronunciation is clear (checked with an italian)
just saying... i skipped the question cuz my speaker doesn't work but why does duolingo say that it's wrong? if they're going to take off hearts for that why do they even have the skip button anyway??
I'm just a beginner and i'm really not sure, but isn't "io sono spiacente" more like "I am repented" than "I am sorry"?
I have never heard this combination. Io sono spiacente, but mit dispiace.
Gli italiano mai dicono così: io sono spiacente. Suona anche sbagliato.
Please don't shout.
No, the "so" is an intensifier that was not in the prompt.
lo sono spiacente ti ho preso quel brutto maglione per il tuo compleanno. Ora finire la pasta in modo da poter pulire la casa. That is how I would use this in a sentence.
dear people Io sono spiacente. for this un-related post Io sono spiacente. for making this
---------thank you------------
Funny how I am wrong speaking the answer but I typed in the same answer only to be correct. How do you say "nice glitch" in Italian?
I keep typing the same thing & says i have it wrong. I am missing something?
I am typing the same as the answer that comes up but tells me it's wrong. What am i missing?
Next time you have a question, copy and paste your answer so we can see it with our own eyes.
But I'm willing to bet you had Lo sono where it ought to be io sono. Just remember: it means "I" and it starts with the same letter.
Seems to be a problem with your program. Quite a few times, I have given the correct answer but it is marked incorrect. You then have to exit the whole lesson which is annoying.
You're writing "Lo soon spiacente is L am sorry".
Typo on "soon-->sono" aside, it's io sono and i am. Big difference there.
I killed your child and cheated on you. I took all your money, and took your dog to the pound. Sorry! If that happened, then dang. what a tragedy. I doubt it but the wise man said: "Give me your money, now get in the trunk." No, just kidding, he said: Never be mean. Always be flux. follow the law, or be a ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤.
