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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / General | | English term or phrase: I forgot | | I was explaining to a friend how you can use "sumimasen" as excuse me, sorry, or thank you and for 'sorry' I wanted to say "sorry I forgot" but I wasn't sure if wasureteta was correct I can only recall hearing warsureteta I know that word has something to do with the word 'forgot' |
| | | Japanese translation:Wasurete shimai mashita. | Explanation:
The above is standard formal Japanese for "I had let it slip -- I had forgotten" and includes some meaning for "It was my fault."
"Wasureteta" is more colloquial, and means simply "I'd forgotten."
Another way to say it conversationally is "Wasurechatta!" but this you should only use with your closest peers and friends.
If you want to apologize for forgetting, you should say, "Wasurete imashita. Sumimasen deshita." or "Wasurete shimai mashita. Moushiwake arimasen deshita." Again, by adding "shimai" you acknowledge that you were at fault, and "moushiwake arimasen" or "moushiwake gozaimasen" is the more formal (polite) way to apologize. |
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26 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +3 | i forgot Wasurete shimai mashita.
Explanation:
The above is standard formal Japanese for "I had let it slip -- I had forgotten" and includes some meaning for "It was my fault."
"Wasureteta" is more colloquial, and means simply "I'd forgotten."
Another way to say it conversationally is "Wasurechatta!" but this you should only use with your closest peers and friends.
If you want to apologize for forgetting, you should say, "Wasurete imashita. Sumimasen deshita." or "Wasurete shimai mashita. Moushiwake arimasen deshita." Again, by adding "shimai" you acknowledge that you were at fault, and "moushiwake arimasen" or "moushiwake gozaimasen" is the more formal (polite) way to apologize.
| Tina Wooden
United States
Local time: 15:19
Native speaker of:  English, Japanese
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