Learn how to use the sentence pattern "I'm sorry about doing something."
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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Hi everyone, I'm John. |
| Risa: And I'm Risa. |
| John: And welcome to Must-Know Japanese Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 29 - Apologizing. |
| John: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for apologizing for doing something. |
| PATTERN |
| John: For example, |
| John: "I'm sorry for being late." |
| Risa: ι γγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Okurete sumimasen.) |
| Risa: [slow] ι γγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Okurete sumimasen.) |
| John: The pattern for apologizing for doing something has two elements. First, the -te form of the verb meaning "to be late" . |
| Risa: ι γγ¦ (Okurete-). |
| John: Second, a phrase meaning "I'm sorry.β |
| Risa: γγΏγΎγγ (sumimasen). |
| John: Altogether, we have... "I'm sorry for being late." |
| Risa: ι γγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Okurete sumimasen.) [slow] ι γγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Okurete sumimasen.) [normal] ι γγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Okurete sumimasen.) |
| John: The sentence pattern for apologizing for doing something in Japanese is the -te form of the main verb or verb phrase plus the apology phrase meaning "I'm sorry." |
| Risa: γγΏγΎγγ (sumimasen). |
| John: So, "I'm sorry for being late." would be |
| Risa: ι γγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Okurete sumimasen.) |
| John: So, to say "Sorry for [doing something]," remember to say the -te form of a verb or verb phrase, and then just add |
| Risa: γγΏγΎγγ (sumimasen). |
| John: Here is another example meaning, "I'm sorry to disturb you." First, a verb phrase meaning "to disturb" in the -te form . |
| Risa: ιͺιγγ¦ (Jama shite-). |
| John: Second, the phrase meaning "I'm sorry". |
| Risa: γγΏγΎγγ (sumimasen). |
| John: Altogether we have... |
| Risa: ιͺιγγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Jama shite sumimasen.) [slow] ιͺιγγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Jama shite sumimasen.) [normal] ιͺιγγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Jama shite sumimasen.) |
| John: "I'm sorry to disturb you." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ιͺιγγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Jama shite sumimasen.) |
| John: How do you say, "I'm sorry for my mistake." To give you a hint, "to make a mistake" is... |
| Risa: ιιγγ (machigaeru). [slow] ιιγγ (machigaeru). [normal] ιιγγ (machigaeru) |
| John: "I'm sorry for my mistake." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ιιγγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Machigaete sumimasen.) [slow] ιιγγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Machigaete sumimasen.) [normal] ιιγγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Machigaete sumimasen.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ιιγγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Machigaete sumimasen.) |
| REVIEW |
| John: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I will give you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in Japanese. Here we go. |
| John: "I'm sorry for being late." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ι γγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Okurete sumimasen.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ι γγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Okurete sumimasen.) |
| John: "I'm sorry to disturb you." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ιͺιγγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Jama shite sumimasen.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ιͺιγγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Jama shite sumimasen.) |
| John: "I'm sorry for my mistake." |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ιιγγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Machigaete sumimasen.) |
| [pause] |
| Risa: ιιγγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Machigaete sumimasen.) |
Outro |
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| John: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for apologizing for doing something, as in... |
| Risa: ι γγ¦γγΏγΎγγγ (Okurete sumimasen.) |
| John: meaning "I'm sorry for being late." |
| John: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on JapanesePod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Risa: γΎγγοΌ(Mata ne!). |
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