Questions & Answers about Îmi pare rău, doamnă!
How does Îmi pare rău actually mean 'I'm sorry'?
If I want to say 'We are sorry', do I change the verb pare?
Can I use femeie (woman) instead of doamnă here?
No, that would sound very rude! Doamnă is the polite way to address a woman, equivalent to 'madam' or 'ma'am'. Femeie just means 'woman' and isn't used as a polite title.
Why doesn't doamnă have a special ending here, like domnule (sir) does?
When talking directly to a man, you add -ule to make domnule (sir). But for a woman, the polite form doamnă usually stays exactly the same as its dictionary form when you are speaking directly to her.
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