How do you say thank you and sorry?

I’m just realizing… How do you say:

Thank you for __(verb phrase)___…

So, if some one took care of you.. “せわをする”
How do you say, “Thank you for taking care of me.”

Also, How do you say, “I’m sorry for ___(verb phrase)___”

Example: If I smoked and wasn’t suppose to… using the verb ”すう”
How do I say. “I’m sorry for smoking!”

I just have no clue about how to connect the phrases with the “thank you” or “sorry”

Thanks..

Answer:

One way to say “Thank you for _______” is:

Verb phrase (te-form) + kurete + arigatougozaimasu.

Example: “Thank you for washing my car.”

車を洗ってくれてありがとうごいます。
Kuruma wo aratte kurete arigatougozaimasu.

To say “Thank you for taking care of me,” you can say:

お世話になりました。
Osewaninarimashita.

One way to say “Sorry for _______.” is:

Verb phrase (te-form) + gomennasai.

Example: “Sorry for forgetting your birthday.”

誕生日を忘れてごめんなさい。

You could also replace gomennasai with other words meaning “sorry” like すみませんでした (sumimasendeshita), もうしわけありませんでした (moushiwakearimasendeshita), etc.

To indicate it wasn’t intentional, you could also add a しまって (shimatte) or しちゃって (shichatte) to the end of the verb.

Example: “Sorry for forgetting your birthday, I didn’t mean to.”

誕生日を忘れてしまってごめんなさい。
tanjyoubi wo wasureteshimatte gomennasai.

or

誕生日を忘れちゃってごめんなさい。
tanjyoubi wo wasurechatte gomennasai.

 

History & Comments

AaronL updated the answer on 02/09/2010 Reply
AaronL updated the answer on 02/09/2010 Reply
kevin updated the answer on 02/09/2010 Reply
kevin updated the answer on 06/20/2010 Reply

Leave a Comment: