Sorry, I lost your game.

[Shenfeng]

Hey,

I just heard the sentence in the title in a movie, with the context being that someone playing a video game gets interrupted by another person and loses. The other person then apologizes by saying "Sorry, I lost your game."

Is this colloquial? Have you ever heard this phrase and does it sound right to you?

I would have said "Sorry, I lost you your game." What about that?

Thanks,
Steven

 

[SoothingDave]

"I made you lose your game" would be more proper.

 

[Shenfeng]

"I made you lose your game" would be more proper.

Yeah, that sounds good, too.

But would you deem "Sorry, I lost your game" wrong?

I was an American who said that, so I guess it is heavily colloquial then?

 

[Barb_D]

Dave and I are both American, and neither one of us (it seems) would say that. Sorry you lost your game. - OK
Sorry I made you lose your game. -- OK
Not: Sorry I lost your game.

 

[SoothingDave]

The wording is odd. If one is a member of a team and one is responsible for the team's loss, you might say "Sorry I lost the game." But if you are not playing, you can't really say that you lost.

That said, it is clear what the meaning is, it's just a strange way of trying to say.