Let's learn about "늦어서 미안해"

늦어서 미안해 : Sorry for being late

[other expressions]

- 늦어서 미안하다. (to younger people or friends)

- 늦어서 미안하네. (to younger people or friends)

- 늦어서 미안해. (to younger people or friends)

- 늦어서 미안하군! (to younger people or friends)

- 늦어서 미안하구나! (to younger people or friends)

- 늦어서 미안하네요. (honourific by '-요')

- 늦어서 미안해요. (honourific by '-요')

- 늦어서 미안하군요! (honourific by '-요')

- 늦어서 미안합니다. (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ')

<more polite and honourific>

- 늦어서 죄송해요. (honourific by '-요')

- 늦어서 죄송합니다. (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ')

[explanations]

* 나 : I (non-honourific word)

* 저 : I (honourific word)

* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 미안 : sorry

* 미안하다 : be sorry

* 죄송 : apology

* 죄송하다 : apologize

* 미안해 : 미안하(the stem of 미안하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a nom-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 미안합니다 : 미안하(the stem of 미안하다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ'

* 죄송해요 : 죄송하(the stem of 죄송하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific  verb ending suffix)

* 죄송합니다 : 죄송하(the stem of 죄송하다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ')

* an adjective + -다 / -네 / -어 : a non-honourific descriptive adjective ending suffix

* an adjective + -군! / -구나!: a non-honourific exclamatory adjective ending suffix

* an adjective + -네 / -군! + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* an adjective + -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive adjective ending suffix by '-ㅂ'