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16 Aug 2016
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What is the difference between Scusa! and Scusi! ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Scusa! and Scusi! ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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16 Aug 2016
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'Scusa' è informale, puoi dirlo ad un amico, o comunque a una persona a cui dai del 'tu'. 'Scusi' è più formale e si usa con persone che non conosci, o persone più anziane, o professori/capi/etcetc..
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'Scusa' è informale, puoi dirlo ad un amico, o comunque a una persona a cui dai del 'tu'. 'Scusi' è più formale e si usa con persone che non conosci, o persone più anziane, o professori/capi/etcetc..
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say scusi as you push your way out of the tube train. say scusa as you steal someone's place in the queue. That's the Italian way. :)
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@raymond904: haha davvero? Interesting! Grazie.
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scusa is informal, while scusi is formal and used on strangers or people of higher position
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@raymond904: I am Italian and you're right about Italians but Italian people are not all the same. I 've been living in UK for 7 months and I love it. I also noticed that we are really different in so many ways but I don't laugh at them! have a good day!

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