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Usages of gomen nasai.
本当 に ごめん なさい。hontou ni gomen nasai.
I'm truly sorry.
電話するの を 忘れて ごめん なさい。denwasuruno wo wasurete gomen nasai.
Please forgive me for forgetting to call you.
Sentence from Tatoeba
ごめん なさい、 今日 は 行けない。 彼 と 一緒 に 映画館 に 行く。gomen nasai, kyou ha ikenai. kare to issyo ni eigakan ni iku.
Sorry, I can't come today. I'm going to the cinema together with my boyfriend.
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Japanese verbs conjugate based on tense, politeness, and mood. For example, the polite present form adds ‑ます to the verb stem, while the past tense uses ‑ました. Unlike English, Japanese verbs don't change based on the subject — the same form works for "I", "you", and "they".
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