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There are many ways apopogize depending ding on the situation formal al onutions
You could say please forgive me well to a friend
You might just say my bad
And of course there's the most common phrase of all i'm sorry
Can you remember a time when you had to apologize best um
Oh
I had to apologize this morning
Because i stepped on someone's toes on the tube
Okay
Well apologizing depends on what you've done so sorry is fine
If you accidentally step on someone's toes
Like you did this morning best
But what if you do something really serious
Like the ganne and journalist affiir pokoa who publicly criticize the king of the ashani tribe
Here's bbc world service program
The fifth floor covering the story
I guess
It's not every day that you end up offending a king
But let's say you did
Would you know how to apologize to him
Recently i'm ghana a journalist made some comments on television about the king of the asthantic tribe
And soon she found herself at his powers apologizing
The presenter says
It's not every day that you are find der king the phrase
It's not every day that highlights that what's happened is very unusual
So how do apologies change from culture to culture
Well
That's what wewill be finding out in this episode along with some useful new words and phrase
And remember you'll find all the vocabulary from this episode on our website
Well puwhat learning english dodocom
Now i have a question for you best
We know that people from different countries
Aepiszze in different ways
But what might someone do to say sorry
If they were from india
Would they what offer a gift b pull their elobes or sea bowdown
Oh
I am going to guess see bowdown
Okay
Well will find out
If you're right at the end of the program
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The journalists who criticize the king of the asshani tribe her comments divided opinion in ghana
But eventually affear decided to say sorry to the king
Following strict traditional rules that she dressed in black and apologizkneeling down on her knees
A fierce story shows the influence of culture on how people say sorry
Let's listen now a three bbc journalists from different countries explained to world service program
The fifth floor
How to say sorry in their culture
I would say that pakistani is generally
They're not really expressive
And we're also eat jeky
So what we generally do is we would slide an apology in the middle
Leve a conversation
And then very quickly move on a new topic
So that we don't have to sort of be way upfront about it in russia
We also have a tradition called forgiven the sunday
Which happens on the last sunday before easter 我们
The tradition is that you call your family and friends and apologize for any sorros
You've cost uh in korea
The way of saying sorry varies
Depending and relationship between the speaker and listener due to the complex and in the rific system
In the language
In many cases we say chezonalmida
This is used in formal situations or with people we don't know well
And we often bow w when sajust just ommeda
Journalist assam mmood thinks apologizing in pakistan is different
Because people are not expressive
They don't usually show what they think or feel rather
He says pakistan is tend to be cheeky
An adjective meaning slightly rude
But in a funny playful way in pakistan
People sometimes avoid being up fronds about what they've done
If you're up front about something you speak openly about it
So everyone knows your feelings and intentions moving now to russia
The journalist leaser fot descriries a tradition called forgiveness sunday
Yes
People apologized to friends and family for sorrows
They have caused sororos are sources of sadness or regret and finally in carea
How you say sorry depends on who your apologizing to carea has a complicated on a rirific system dictating how people above you in the social loader should be addressed on a rirific means
Showing respect and honor to someone
Well there's a saying that sorry is the hardest word
But who knew there were so many ways to say it yes
And it's not just words
Well you're up sorry
You do something to make things right like giving a small gift so neill
What do people in india do what's the answer to your question yes
Well i asked what people in india do to apologigize
And what answer did you give me best
I said bowdown was that right
I'm afraid
That was the wrong answer
You should apologized to me for that uh
It is in fact be in india
It's common to tug your eloloes
When apologizing okay
Let's recap the vocabulary
We've learned starting with the idiom
It's not every day that which is used to say that something is very unusual
An expressive person shows what they think or feel the adjective cheeky means slightly rude
In a funny playful way
When you are up friends about something you speak openly and clearly
So people know your true intentions
Sororros are sources of sadness or regret and finally the adjective on hpphic means showing respect and honor to someone
Well
I'm sorry to say that once again are six minutes arrap
But if you are ready for more just head over to our website bbc learning english dot com for a quiz and a work sheet for this abpode by for now goodbye six minute english from bbc learning english dot com
