I just realized I don't ever introduce
myself no one knows my name my name is
Ali hi nice to meet you
how you doing but I should apologize for
not introducing myself that was rude I'm
sorry I know I hurt your feelings and I
messed up I'm sorry my bad I shouldn't
have done that I mean can you ever
forgive me
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here are some different ways to say
sorry
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first casual mistakes not serious but
you need to say sorry you can say these
nice and easy my bad or sorry about that
notice again I'm talking in quite quick
speech right so my T's become glottal
that's what you'll hear in real life so
about that about that glottal eyes those
T's about that sorry about that
you try you're amazing look at you
you're amazing but yet just know these
are not for serious mistakes they're
just for the small things like I don't
know
you stepped on your friend's toe for
example or you you took their drink and
you didn't realize then oh sorry my bad
that's yours okay but what about more
serious apologies
how can you make it sound more sincere
well if it's serious you could say these
so again pronunciation is key so I
shouldn't have done that I shouldn't
have done that
remember that expresses regret shouldn't
have I shouldn't have done that
I'm sorry that one sounds a bit more
sincere a bit more genuine you can
pronounce this in a few ways
shouldn't have done there in that case I
pronounced that in half right but you
can contract this I shouldn't have done
that
shouldn't have shouldn't have should of
three syllables should didn't have okay
this is where the pronunciation gets a
bit more difficult so stick with me I
shouldn't have done that that is some
weird pronunciation maybe you don't want
to speak like that but you will hear it
because it's faster speech so you need
to learn the pronunciation let's go it's
like two syllables Chinna I should have
done that Shin okay phonetics people
that's what it sounds like
shouldn't you might recognize the schwa
that's the sound this is the sound
that's normal and this is a glottal T
Shin I shouldn't have done that so
practice practice practice again you
don't have to speak like this but you
probably will hear it so it's good to
practice
I completely apologize this is a lot
more formal so it's more common that you
would see this written more than you
would hear it spoken because it's quite
formal the spelling of apologize British
English we do s4 eyes and A's sounds but
Americans North Americans sorry do a Zed
they would say Z because they're weird
but the pronunciations the same
apologize
I'm ever so sorry again this one has
more weight it's more genuine and from
the heart I'm ever so sorry see it
sounds more serious
if you make a mistake it's good to admit
that you made a mistake so you can say I
messed up or more in a more vulgar way I
[ __ ] up again yeah this is a swear
word this sounds vulgar so if there's a
lot of emotion yeah use it but if you're
trying to be formal do not use this just
be careful use your judgement and these
phrasal verbs they just mean I made a
mistake well I was wrong
I messed up I was in the wrong I was in
the wrong we use this expression to say
yep I was wrong the way I acted was
wrong I was in the wrong
you can modify this with I was
completely in the wrong that's good too
I'm sorry I was completely in the wrong
let's make some room up here
I'm sorry I know I hurt your feelings
again
you admit that you made a mistake you
admit that you were wrong the way you
behaved was wrong and with your mistake
someone else felt bad you hurt their
feelings that's the expression I'm sorry
I hurt your feelings so if someone makes
you feel bad or makes you feel sad they
hurt your feelings so when you apologize
it might be good to include this
sentence I'm sorry
I know I hurt your feelings okay so
we've apologized now what could the
other person respond to this Oh side
note
you're probably wondering about the
expression forgive me or please forgive
me yes you can use it don't use it too
much because it might sound desperate
okay we stole our friends drink but we
didn't realize it was a mistake
it's not serious we apologized how can
your friend respond
hmmm no worries this one very casual
very informal it's the same as don't
worry but it's more common this is what
you're here oh no worries it's okay
that's alright
ah that's all right you're saying
everything is okay don't worry that's
all right
say it with me get the pronunciation
correct that's all right that's all
right that's all right perfect
now these two I feel like they're more
British I'm not really sure if American
North Americans use this or not because
you know what they sound British okay
let's try them oh no I'm done now slowly
it sounds like this no harm done but
that's not how you'll hear this people
speak quickly so that H is dropped no
arm no arm no I'm done ah no I'm done
that would be very common to hear in
London but not everyone speaks the same
sometimes you'll hear the H oh no harm
done that's fine too
both ways of good and the exact same
rule for the next one know our feelings
it's alright say it with me
no hard feelings sorry no hard feelings
so this one this has a very specific
feeling for example if you said
something insulting to this person and
she wants to say well I don't hate you
we're okay I don't hate you that is what
that is saying it's saying we're okay I
don't hate you we're good okay what if
you're like me and you're clumsy
what's clumsy clumsy is when for example
if you have a drink and you spill the
drink you are clumsy
maybe you break something belonging to
your friend but your friend wants to say
well it was an accident the way to say
that is this
oh don't worry you couldn't help it it
wasn't in your control so yes not just
for clumsy if something in the world
happens to someone and you're like oh
maybe that sucks they might say well no
one could help it it's not in anyone's
control that's the meaning of this okay
something you could use less casually
maybe as a response to a more serious
apology what could you say
look it's water under the bridge this
expression is really useful why it means
that we had a disagreement we had bad
feelings for each other but now don't
worry those bad feelings gone those bad
feelings are water under the bridge
maybe in your language you have
something similar
maybe so that one it's quite specific
there were bad feelings but now I'm
saying those bad feelings they're gone
they're in the past don't worry it's
water under the bridge bro
doesn't matter of course you could use
this in a casual way that's fine but you
can use this if it's more serious I'm
sorry I killed your cat look you you
couldn't help it it doesn't matter I
mean it does matter but you know I mean
so try to use this vocabulary in your
next apology or your next response to an
apology or practice it right now in the
comments tell me when was the last time
you apologized what did you say what
happened what did your friend say I I
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