How to say SORRY and APOLOGISE in English British English
seems to be now we’ve all done things we
regret
I for one once called my male maths
teacher mummy
so I regret that but sometimes when we
do things we regret we need to say sorry
and this video is going to be all about
Britain’s favourite word the word sorry
so anyone that’s been to England before
will know that the English just love
saying sorry we say it when it’s not
necessary we say it when it is necessary
but it’s part of our culture and it’s
what we consider to be polite so this
lesson is going to tell you about the
many ways in which you can say sorry and
then also different situations in which
you should say sorry and we’ll talk
about some slam ways that you can say
sorry and then what to do if words just
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okay back to the class okay so how to
apologize in English part 1 of this
video well the most basic way is sorry
so sorry is good if you’re in a hurry if
you bump into someone on the street or
if you step on someone’s shoe you can
just say sorry sorry so if you want to
say little more than that you can say
I’m sorry and if you want to go even
further you can put an interesting word
in between the I’m and the sorry like so
incredibly terribly really I am terribly
sorry I’m so sorry
okay then if you actually want someone
to forgive you then you can say please
forgive me or forgive me for asking but
but don’t overuse it because it’ll sound
like you’re a bit pathetic like only for
you then we’ve got
excuse me now this can be used in a
variety of situations if you need to get
past when somebody is blocking your way
you’d say oh excuse me can I just get
through excuse me excuse me excuse me
and you can also say it when your body
lets out some gas to use it oh excuse me
and also you can use it to get attention
so excuse me everyone excuse me can you
listen to me now so sometimes I’ll use
that in my classes another one that
means exactly the same as excuse me but
with an additional meaning is pardon me
part of me we can use in the same way as
excuse me but also if we want to
interrupt a conversation so oh pardon me
but can I just but in here if you’ve
really done something quite bad or
you’ve really messed up and you might
want to say something a bit stronger
than sorry so you can say I owe you an
apology
I’d like to apologize and apologize is
much stronger and we often use it in
written emails if you want to send a
letter to your boss apologizing for your
behavior then you can say I sincerely
apologize for what happened yesterday or
I take full responsibility for my
behavior let’s move on to part 2 which
is about how to say sorry for being late
because being late in England is very
very rude in some culture that’s
accepted in England it’s not the most
basic one is sorry I’m late you can also
say sorry for being late
or my personal favorite sorry for
keeping you waiting sorry for keeping
you waiting
that was quite nice okay on to part 3
slang words for sorry now if I were you
I would only use these with friends okay
not in a work or professional situation
the first one is whoops okay so maybe
you’ve dropped someone’s phone and you
go whoops
another one you can say is up my bad
another way say what sorry and the last
one which is a terrible word that you
shouldn’t use this comes from the
texting culture is sahs okay and so’s is
a word that normally you will see in
text messages I don’t think people
actually say that actually they might
okay part for bad news okay so maybe
someone’s pet died
maybe someones lost a family member or
maybe someone didn’t get a job or
something so in this case you can say
I’m so sorry to hear that
okay you wouldn’t just want to say oh
sorry no I’m so sorry to hear that
oh I’m so sorry to hear that you didn’t
get the job I’m so sorry to hear about
your dog if someone has died you can say
I’m sorry for your loss
okay that’s a very normal thing to say
at funerals so whilst you’re saying
sorry your body language is very
important if you realize you’ve done
something wrong maybe open your eyes
wide and put your hand over your mouth
like ah sorry like this it’s very
important to maintain eye contact so
that you look sincere like you really
mean what you’re saying if you want to
make your apology look even more sincere
then whilst you’re saying it you can put
your hand on your heart I’m honestly so
sorry for what I did yesterday and
that’s just a way of showing you are
honestly apologizing for what you did
finally what can you do if words are
just not enough okay if you’ve done
something so terrible
or you’ve messed up so badly that sorry
doesn’t cut it well the most common ways
to say sorry without saying the word
sorry in England is to give flowers to
give a bottle of wine or to give a
handwritten card hmm okay well that is
it for my lesson on how to apologize in
English if you ever come to England make
sure that you’ve got these words
mastered and all of the correct body
language and let’s hope that you guys
never have to say sorry to me
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another lesson very very soon not