Ungkapan Meminta Maaf/ Aplogizing dalam Bahasa Inggris

Dalam kehidupan sehari-hari tentunya kita tidak akan lepas dari yang namanya berbuat salah, dan setiap orang harus mengetahui apa yang harus dilakukan dan dikatakan setelah berbuat kesalahan. Pada artikel ini, kita fokus bagaimana mengungkapkan rasa menyesal dan meminta maaf. Dalam kehidupan Amerika, menurut buku Speaking Naturally karya Bruce Tillitt, ada beberapa hal atau situasi dimana seseorang , American,  harus meminta maaf, misalnya:

Menyakiti perasaan seseorang atau menyebabkan kesalahpahaman;

Terlambat pada suatu pertemuan;

Memotong pembicaraan atau pertemuan;

Mengambil barang orang lain secara tidak sengaja;

Bertingkah tidak sopan;

Merusak barang orang lain;

Membocorkan rahasia seseorang tanpa sengaja;

Menelepon seseorang pada larut malam atau di pagi buta;

Menelepon salah sambung;

Menyenggol seseorang tanpa sengaja.

Bahkan, mereka meminta maaf jika hewan peliharaannya melakukan kesalahan dengan membuat kekacauan.

Bagaimana mereka mengungkapkan rasa bersalah mereka?

Berikut adalah ungkapan rasa maaf / apologizing dalam bahasa Inggris beserta respon/ tanggapan yang bisa digunakan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari:

APOLOGY                                                                   RERSPONSE

Forgive me. I’m terribly sorry about …                  that’s quite all right.

Forgive me. I’m terribly sorry about …                  I understand completely.

Please accept my apologies for …               You really don’t have anything to apologize for.

Please excuse (my dog).                                           You don’t need to apologize.

I would like to apologize for …                                I wouldn’t worry about it if I were you.

I apologize for…                                                        Oh that’s all right. It can happen to anyone.

I apologize for …                                                       It’s not your fault.

I apologize for …                                                       Oh, well, that’s life.

I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to …                                   Don’t worry about it.

I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to …                                    It’s OK.

I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to …                                   That’s OK.

Oh no! did I do that? I’m sorry.                               It’s OK.

Oh! Sorry!                                                                   No problem.

Oops.                                                                            Forget it.

Penggunaan yang lain ungkapan  “I’m sorry”

Ungkapan “I’m sorry” tidak selalu merupakan ungkapan meminta maaf. Ungkapan ini juga digunakan untuk mengungkapkan rasa simpati terhadap seseorang, seperti ketika orang lain terkena musibah, kita mengucapkan “I’m sorry to hear that.”

Mudahkan ya?! Sekian dulu ya?! Semoga bermanfaat. Happy studying!

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Contoh Narrative Text untuk Story Telling: Timun Emas

Artikel kali ini merupakan artikel lanjutan yang bertajuk pengertian narrative text.  Artikel ini ditunjukkan kepada para pembaca yang sedang mencari contoh-contoh  teks naratif. Contoh teks naratif sangat banyak, pada artikel ini saya tuliskan contoh teks naratif dalam bahasa Inggris berupa cerita rakyat dari Indonesia yaitu timun emas.

Timun Emas

Long time ago, there lived an old woman named Embok Sirni. She lived by herself because her husband had long passed away and she had no children. Every day, she prayed, so God would give her a child. One night, when she was praying, a giant passed her house and heard her pray. “I can give you a child in one condition,” the giant said to mbok Sirni. “You must give the child back to me when the child is sixteen years old.” Mbok Sirni was so happy; she did not think about the risk of losing the child later and agreed to take the giant’s offer. The giant then gave her a bunch of cucumber seeds. “plant it around your house”. The giant then left without saying anything else. In the morning, mbok Sirni planted the seeds. The seeds grew within few days, and blossomed plentifully. No longer after that, a big golden cucumber grew from the plants. Carefully, mbok Sirni plucked the golden cucumber and carried it home. With caution and care, she sliced the cucumber. She was very surprised to see a beautiful baby girl inside the cucumber. The she named the baby Timun Emas, which means Golden Cucumber.

Years passed by and Timun Emas had grown to become a lovely and beautiful girl. She was also smart and kind. Mbok sirni loved her very much. But she kept thinking about the time the giant would take timun emas away from her. one night, mbok sirni had a dream. In order to save timun emas from the giant, she had to meet the holy man who lived in mount gundul. The next morning, mbok sirni left timun emas to go to mount gundul. The holy man then gave her four little bags. Each one contained cucumber seeds, needles, salt, and shrimp paste. “Timun emas can use these to protect herself,” said the holy man to mbok sirni.

A few days later, the giant came to see Mbok sirni about her promise. “mbok sirni! Where is timun emas?” shouted the giant. “my daughter, take these bags with you. they can save you from the giant. Now, run through the back door!” said mbok sirni. But the giant saw timun emas running to the woods. The giant was angry, starved and enraged, he rushed toward timun emas. Mbok sirni tried to stop him, but the giant was unstoppable.

The giant was getting closer and closer,timun emas opened the first bag she got from mbok sirni. Inside the bag, there were cucumber seeds. She threw the seeds, and instantly they grew into large cucumber field. But the giant ate them all, giving him more strength. As the giant was getting closer, timun emas took the second bag with needles inside and spilled the content behind her. the needles turned into bamboo trees, sharp and thorny. The giant’s body was scratched and bled. “aaargh, I’ll get you, timun emas!” shouted the giant as he tried to get himself out from the bamboo fields. He made it and still chasing timun emas.

Timun emas then reached the third bag and spilled the salt inside. The ground which the salt touched turned into a deep sea. The giant almost drown and had to swim to cross the sea. After some time, he managed to get out from the water. Timun emas saw the giant coming, so she reached for the last bag. She took the shrimp paste and threw it. the shrimp paste became a big swamp of boiling mud. The giant was trapped in the middle of the swamp. The mud slowly but surely drowned him. Helpless, he roared out, “help! Heeelp…!” then the giant drowned and died. Timun emas then immediately went back home. Since then, timun emas and mbok sirni lived happily ever after.

the end.

semoga bermanfaat. happy studying!

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