How to say "i'm sorry" in French?

In French "i'm sorry" translates to  Je suis désolé(e) 

Transliteration: zhuh swee dey-zoh-ley

🇫🇷 Je suis désolé(e), j'ai oublié.

🗣️ zhuh swee dey-zoh-ley, zhay oo-blee-zhey.

🇺🇸 I'm sorry, I forgot.

🇫🇷 Je suis désolé(e), j'ai oublié.

🗣️ zhuh swee day-zoh-lay, zhay oo-blee-jay.

🇺🇸 I'm sorry, I forgot.

🇫🇷 Je suis désolé(e). Je ne voulais pas te blesser.

🗣️ zhuh swee day-zoh-lay. zhuh nuh voo-lay pah tuh bleh-say.

🇺🇸 I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you.

🇫🇷 Je suis désolé(e), je ne peux pas venir.

🗣️ Zhuh swee day-zoh-lay(juh), zhuh nuh puh pah vuh-neer.

🇺🇸 I'm sorry, I can't come.

🇫🇷 Je suis désolé(e), je ne peux pas venir.

🗣️ zhuh swee day-zoh-lay, zhuh nuh puh vuh-nee

🇺🇸 I'm sorry, I can't come.

🇫🇷 Je suis désolé(e), je ne peux pas venir ce soir.

🗣️ zhuh swee day-zoh-lay, zhuh nuh puh vuh-nee-ruh suh swahr.

🇺🇸 I'm sorry, I can't come tonight.

🇫🇷 Je suis navré(e), je ne peux pas venir à la fête.

🗣️ zhuh swee nahv-ray, zhuh nuh puh vuh-nee ah lah fet

🇺🇸 I'm sorry, I can't come to the party.

🇫🇷 Je suis désolé(e), je ne voulais pas vous offenser.

🗣️ zhuh swee day-zoh-lay, zhuh nuh voo-lay pah voo oh-fahn-say

🇺🇸 I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.

🇫🇷 Je suis désolé(e), je ne peux pas venir demain.

🗣️ zhuh swee day-zoh-lay, zhuh nuh puh pah ven-eer duh-mahn

🇺🇸 I'm sorry, I can't come tomorrow.

🇫🇷 Je suis désolé(e), j'ai oublié.

🗣️ zhuh swee day-zoh-lay, zhay oo-blee-zhay.

🇺🇸 I'm sorry, I forgot.



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How to say "i'm sorry" in French?

You can use the word "Je suis désolé(e)" which translates to "I'm sorry".

How to pronounce "Je suis désolé(e)" (i'm sorry) in French?

The word "Je suis désolé(e)" is pronounced as "zhuh swee dey-zoh-ley".

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