How to Apologize

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A man is late meeting his friend.

.‫وال يهمك‬
.‫أنا آسف إين اتأخرت‬
walā
ʾanā ʾāsef ʾennī yehemmak.
etʾaḫḫart

Translation
I'm sorry for being late.

Don't worry about it.

Focus Example
.]______[ ‫أنا آسف إين‬ .‫أنا آسف إين اتأخرت‬
ʾanā ʾāsef ʾennī [______]. ʾanā ʾāsef ʾennī etʾaḫḫart.

I'm sorry for [________]. I'm sorry for being late.

Key Vocabulary

‫كدبت عليك‬ ‫جرحت مشاعرك‬ ‫لغيت‬ ‫عصبتك‬

kedebt ʿaleīki garaḥt mašāʿrek laġeīt ʿaṣṣabtek
lying to you hurting your feelings canceling making you mad
Words & Phrases Related to Apologizing
‫اعتذار‬ eʿtezār apology

‫واطي‬ wāṭī despicable

‫غلطة‬ ġalṭah fault

‫قليل الذوق‬ ʾalīl el-zoūʾ mean

‫مثري للشفقة‬ mosīr lelšafaqah pitiful

‫ندمان‬ nadmān regretful

‫حزين‬ ḥazīn sad

‫يعتذر‬ yeʿtezer to apologize

‫يتأسف‬ yetʾassef to be sorry

‫يحس باألسف‬ yeḥess belʾasaf to feel sorry

‫يسامح‬ yesāmeḥ to forgive

‫يحبط‬ yoḥbaṭ to get disappointed

‫يندم‬ yendam to regret

Common Ways to Say Sorry

.‫مش هعمل كده تاين‬ ‫أنا آسف‬
meš haʿmel kedah tānī. ʾanā ʾāsef
I won't do it again. I'm sorry.

.‫دي غلطتي‬ !‫أنا الغلطان‬

dī ġalṭetī. ʾanā el-ġalṭān!
It's my fault. My bad!

.‫لو سمحت متزعلش مني‬ ‫سامحني من فضلك‬

law samaḥt matezʿalš mennī. sāmeḥnī men faḍlak
Please don’t be mad at me. Please forgive me.

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