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Иногда людям трудно извиняться, хотя они понимают свою ошибку.
Meaning
Sometimes it is hard for people to apologize, although they understand their mistake.
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Breakdown of Иногда людям трудно извиняться, хотя они понимают свою ошибку.
понимать
to understand
человек
the person
они
they
хотя
although
Questions & Answers about Иногда людям трудно извиняться, хотя они понимают свою ошибку.
Why is людям in the dative case?
Because Russian often uses an impersonal construction with words like трудно (difficult, hard).
The pattern is:
кому? + трудно + infinitive
= it is hard for someone to do something
So:
- людям = to people / for people (dative plural)
- трудно = difficult
- извиняться = to apologize
Literally, the sentence starts as:
Sometimes to people it is difficult to apologize.
A more natural English version is:
Sometimes people find it hard to apologize.
Why does Russian use трудно instead of a verb like is hard?