전화 잘못 거신 것 같은데요? : 해설 편

#. 전화 잘못 거신 것 같은데요? : 해설 편

 

> Oh, well, could I talk to Sarah, please?

Oh, I think you got the wrong number.

 

OK, Suzanne, so in that conversation we heard Jeff get a wrong number. And so he asked to talk to his friend Sarah, and what did the lady on the other end of the line say to him? Well, she said, "I think you've got the wrong number. There's no Sarah here." So she clarified that this is not the number to reach Sarah. If you say, "You got the wrong number, " it's maybe very direct and could potentially sound a little rude, but "I think you got the wrong number," it's just softer, more polite, more gentle and I think that's why we use it.

 

There's no Sarah here.

> Oh, my bad.

 

I also liked that Jeff apologized to the lady, to Jackie. He said, "Oh, my bed" or, you know, my fault, "Sorry to bother you." And he acknowledged his mistake. Exactly, my bad is a very casual way to apologize for something. "Oh, my bad", you recognize I made a mistake and you're apologizing for it.

 

> Hi, this is Jennifer from First Canada Bank. Is this Carl Smith?

No, this is Gord. I'm afraid you've got the wrong number.

 

OK, Sue, what was the expression that Gord used in this conversation to communicate to the bank that they called the wrong person? Well, in this scenario, he said, "I'm afraid you've got the wrong number." So he used the terminology that's a little more formal, and a little more elevated language. Yeah, it sounds very polite, very formal. and afraid, here we're not meaning scared, right? It's just kind of I'm afraid in this context means sorry, I'm sorry you've got the wrong number. I'm afraid you've got the wrong number.

 

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