Hi ChatterFoxes you ever want to apologize that aren't really sure what
to say apologizing can be difficult in any
language but especially in English if English is not your first language so in
this video you're going to learn nine different ways to apologize in English
and be sure to stick around for the ninth one because that is definitely one
that you'll want to use sometime before we get started be sure you're subscribed
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pronunciation videos alright so now the first situation that you may need to
apologize in is a situation where you didn't really do anything wrong but you
should say something anyways for example maybe you hit someone accidentally in
the store or maybe you mispronounce someone's name that you just met it's
not really your fault you didn't really do anything wrong but at the same time
you want to say that you're sorry about it in this situation you can say oops
sorry oops sorry and when you say oops sorry
the sound at the end of boobs connects to sorry so you'll only hear one sound
oops sorry oops sorry or you can also say my bad my
bad my bad finally you can say sorry about that
sorry about that when you say sorry about that you're
reducing about two but sorry about that sorry about that so these three
apologies are for situations that aren't that serious the next type of apology
that you might want to make is for a more serious mistake like for example
maybe you forget your friend's birthday or maybe you get angry and you say
something mean to someone that you love in this case you need a little bit more
formal or serious apology for example you can
say I owe you an apology I owe you an apology I owe kind of blends together I
owe I owe you an apology I owe you an apology
you could also say I'm so sorry I'm so sorry
and in this case you'll want to place extra emphasis on the word so I'm so
sorry I'm so sorry means that you really are sorry for what
you did finally you can say I feel really bad
about what happened I feel really bad about what happened I feel really bad
about what happened at the end of the word about you don't hear /t/ sound so
it's not about what happened it's about and the same thing with what about what
those are both stop /t/s so you don't hear that at the end I feel really bad
about what happened I feel really bad about what happened
great so next let's talk about what to say when you have to make a more serious
apology now I hope that you'll never have to make this type of apology but
who knows so if you have to make a very serious apology and by very serious I
mean maybe you committed a crime or you did something publicly and now you need
to apologize publicly you can say something like I deeply regret what I
did I deeply regret what I did so when you say what I it links together wha die
what I I deeply regret what I did I deeply regret what I did
you can also say I take full responsibility for my actions I take
full responsibility for my actions responsibility has /?/ sound instead of /?/
sound responsibility so it's not responsibility its responsibility great
the final way to apologize in English is to say that you're sorry for not being
sorry and to say this you can say sorry not sorry
sorry not sorry like for example if you take the day off of work for your
birthday you can say sorry not sorry I wanted to take the day off meaning you
don't really feel bad about it so if you want to apologize for something that
you're not sorry for at all you can say sorry not sorry
great job now that you know all the different ways to apologize in English I
have a question for you do you think that people should have to apologize
when their babies cry? let us know your opinion in the comment section below
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