If you are in hurry and hit someone’s shoulder, and you want to apologize you rather use извините (excuse me). извините is more polite and specifically mean (excuse me).
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Apologizing for something using (forgive me) is more commonly used in Russia. Простите means forgive me, this word can be used to talking with someone older, someone you don’t know well, someone you would call in «вы», or when talking more than one people.
You can use Прости as the way you say forgive me to someone you know well or someone you would call in «ты».
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You can say извини as a way to say ‘sorry’ to someone you would call in «ты» or someone you know well.
If someone is having a problem in their life and you want to say you feel sorry for what happened, or you want to show your sympathy you can use мне жаль (I feel sorry).
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This word is used when you want to say specifically “I beg you pardon”, and used more in a formal situation.
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If you want to say “I apologize”, you can use word приношу свои извинения.
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After someone said their apology to you, it will be nice if you reply to say that you forgive them. Below i’m gonna give you few expression you can use to show that you forgive them.
And that’s all about 7 Ways to Apologize in Russian. You can use these seven ways depending on who you talking to, either to someone older, someone you’re close with. Note that you can also mix it with another expression such as when you asking and trying to show time , when you try to get attention from someone, or maybe in daily conversation.
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