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But as with many things in toki pona, there's many ways to express yourself.
Experiment! o pona
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In English, "sorry" is used for multiple social functions. You can use it for apologizing but also to express sympathy with someone else's unfortunate situation. toki pona doesn't have a single direct word that combines those meanings in the way English does, instead you'd express the idea more directly.
==== Expressing sympathy ====
Instead, a common way is to recognise or mention your mistake such as:▼
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==== Apologizing for small or insignificant errors ====
:;a, pakala mi
::Something like my bad.
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:;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.
==== "True" apologies ====
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