How to Say I Am Sorry in English and Vietnamese

Politeness is able to show a person’s feelings towards others and awareness of a social custom. There are many purposes of politeness including: creating a public self image, creating solidarity, threatening people to send a negative message, not threatening people or upsetting them, indicating social relationship, showing awareness of social context, and power dynamics. The value of polite speech in a culture has the purpose of creating solidarity. Polite speech in a specific culture is very important and should be practiced as much as possible.

Humans have several ways of communicating with one another, whether that is written, spoken, facial expressions, or through body language. We use all of these forms all the time, it would be impossible to live a day without speaking, writing or reading, making facial expressions, or using any body language to communicate with others. While all these forms of communication are commonly known, another form, not as intuitively obvious, is silence. Like all forms of communication, silence will change with reference to different cultures. Just as different cultures speak differently or have different languages, and have different body languages, cultures also have different meanings behind silence. Native American cultures have been described as reluctant to speak or lacking in personal warmth simply because their culture views silence differently than most Americans. Apaches use silence for situations of uncertainty and unpredictability, Americans prefer that silence does not happen at all but will accept it for situations of comfort or in some cases when they want to avoid small talk with strangers. These difference in the use of silences are simply due to the cultural differences between Apaches and Americans. As Apaches’ use of silence reflects their cultural values of recognition and respect, Americans use, or lack of use, of silence reflects their cultural values of directness and urgency.

The purpose of this paper is to examine current research on forgiveness, by conducting a Meta-Analysis multiple studies on forgiveness. By conducting Meta-Analysis a latest research, will provide guidance for the configuration and expansion for future research on forgiveness.

Unacknowledged Shame Theory is seen in a perspective that shame can cause a destructive emotion and can promote crime instead of preventing it if it is not managed positively. By using apology in return for forgiveness symbolises that reparation can commence (Braithwaite, 2004).

“The Unwanted” by Kien Nguyen, is a book that can call to mind many different types of feelings through the situations that Kien Nguyen the author, faces in his childhood life. In “The unwanted” the theme of courage can be seen through the characters of Kien’s grandfather, Loan and Kien himself. These characters are able to stand up during the difficult times in the book to either help or protect others around them. At times in “The Unwanted”, these characters brings out great examples of courage that affected the minds of many around them in a positive way.

Saying ¨I am sorry¨ is not all, the key element is to forgive. The seven-lettered word might be hard for some to pronounce,yet it is the most essential weapon to fight pride. While it causes the liberation of feelings inside a person, it ,likewise, is the resolving of a sociocultural problem, pride and honor, among various types of people.

Cultures provide people several ways of thinking and opinions. When it comes communicating the potential for misunderstandings increase dramatically because translations between languages. Most cultures have their own constricted rules about what is proper communication which affect verbal and nonverbal communication. Sometimes by simply not looking at a person eye to eye has a significant impact on how a different cultural per son will receive it. There a several rules to communication which differ from culture to culture and can be sometime wrongly

“ I made many mistakes in my life. I just want to prevent you from doing the same” it

At hoe, Amy Tan maintained a loving relationship with her mother. There, they were able to speak to each other the same way and understand each other perfectly. It was only outside the home that communication became a problem. She recalls how people disrespected her mother in department stores, restaurants and other places. Her mother, on a daily basis, received a constant condescending attitude from people. Tan became very uncomfortable with such attitudes. When her mother is disrespected or treated unfairly, Tan would simply “sit there red-faced and quiet”. She never felt angry toward her mother, like Khang did. However, she did feel that her mother’s informal English limited her perception of her.

Individuals use unnecessary apologies to please one another in order to avoid feeling like undesirable situations are their fault, but must learn to stop taking the blame and stand up for themselves. In fact, many people conceive an apology as “self-depreciating” or an “automatic way of keeping both

A key aspect of restorative justice lies in the offender apologizing for the crime and members

"You can ride away on the horse," said Mei Changsu. His injury appear dismissed from his mind. "You must go, now. When-"

This is shown in Hamlet. The main character, Hamlet, is seeking justice for his father’s death. Along the way, he is also received forgiveness from Laertes for trying to kill him. Although Hamlet has been shown forgiveness and justice, they coexist differently. The apology did not shift his thinking

Dean Smith hit a massive pothole, while driving through Topsail Road. This pothole was so huge that it engulfed his entire vehicle, which was a 1969 Impala. However, Smith did not end up in China. Instead, he ended up in Nazi Germany. This was really bad news for Mr. Smith considering that he’s gay, transgender, Jewish, and African-Canadian. Luckily, Smith manage to return to 21st Century Canada without the Nazis noticing. However, he did leave his Impala

"You 've ignored me for a week already," said Mei Changsu, after he entered the room. A week had passed since he asked Lin Chen to make the arrangements for his visits. Every day, he sat quietly for an hour while Lord Yu turned away from him and ignored his presence. Mei Changsu poured a cup of tea for himself, "You must hate me."