scusarsi

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Keith

Today’s Parola del Giorno is the expression, scusarsi, which means to apologize, to say sorry. The past participle is scusato. As a reflexive verb, essere is used in compound tenses. See the verb used below in its context:

Mamma, mi scuso per il ritardo!  Lo sciopero ha interrotto tutto!

Mom, I’m sorry I’m late!  The strike disrupted everything!

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NB:  With this verb, the following prepositions are used: con = to, di or per = for, di or per aver fatto = for doing.


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