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But as with many things in toki pona, there's many ways to express yourself.
Experiment! o pona
===Sorry===
toki pona doesn't have a short direct word for sorry by default, which is in line with other phatic expressions that toki pona doesn't have.
Instead, a common way is to recognise or mention your mistake such as:
:;a, pakala mi
::Something like my bad.
:;a, mi pakala
::Something like oh, I have made a mistake.
You can also emphasise the fact by expressing what your mistake was.
:;a jan pona mi o, mi pakala (tan) ni: [reason]. pona o tawa sina
::Something like my friend, I am sorry for [reason], I hope for your good very roughly.
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