How to say Sorry Back to English Basics Series
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm i’m sorry let’s talk about
it
welcome to the fifth video lesson in the
series back to basics because this month
july 2017 is the month that my baby will
be born i thought we could go back to
the beginning with english and really
review some of those basic concepts and
also add some new expressions that maybe
you don’t use on a regular basis i also
have a gift kind of a baby gift for you
if you’d like to download the free PDF
guide with all of these back to basic
expressions there’s seven different
categories then you can download the
free pdf guide in the link in the
description or up here it’s my gift to
you so you can remember and use them
let’s talk about what to say if you made
a mistake yesterday i had some friends
over to my house and one friend called
me and he said i’m sorry i’m gonna be
late i’m sorry
he used this full expression and this
shows that it’s a little more serious he
was worried about being late we used
this fixed expression in situations
where you really want to show that
you’re sorry but what if you want to be
a little more casual
maybe you accidentally bump someone when
you’re walking or something small
happens like that we have a couple more
casual expressions that you can say you
could start with so sorry so sorry the
front door of my apartment doesn’t have
a window in it so sometimes when i’m
leaving the apartment someone else is
coming in and if they open the door
first
i’m kind of in the way so I kind of have
to jump back and usually the other
person says oh so sorry
it’s not so serious and this is a really
casual situation oh so sorry
but they could also have said sorry
about that sorry about that usually in
this expression because it’s casual and
usually we say it pretty quickly you can
drop the a sorry bout that sorry about
that so when someone opens the door and
I have to jump back a little bit they
could say oh sorry about that sorry
about that and what about if you want to
be extra casual well you could say
simply my bad my bad
and this means I made a mistake it’s my
fault I’m sorry but it’s pretty casual
so I don’t recommend using this in
business situations it’s certainly not
rude and you can use this with family
with friends with acquaintances but it
is pretty casual so use this in
situations that are more familiar if you
accidentally open the door too quickly
and someone has to jump away you could
say oh my bad
no problem that’s a great way to use
this so now it’s your turn to use these
apologizing expressions in the comments
below this video
I want you to use one or more of these
and explain the situation what’s
happening why are you using it try to
remember it and use it as much as you
can thanks so much for learning with me
and I’ll see you the next time bye the
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