the use of bàoqiàn (apologize)

[anxoperez]

I understand that bàoqiàn can be used in 2 different ways.

The first one is: wǒ hěn bàoqiàn...X..., i.e., wo hen baoqian mei gei ni da dianhua

And the second one is: duì X wǒ hen baoqian OR wei X wo hen baoqian, i.e., wǒ wei wo shuo de hua hen baoqian.

Can anyone tell me when should the first be used and when should the second one be used?

[CrisPal]

There is no significent different between the two ways.

for eg,the 2nd sentense can be said : wo hen bao qian wo shuo le na yang de hua (我很抱歉我说了那样的话.)

while,the first one can be said : wo wei mei you gei ni da dian hua er gan dao bao qian .

(我为没有给你打电话而感到抱歉）．

[Zoemyy]

There is something different.

wo hen baoqian mei gei ni da dianhua can be translated into: I am sorry I didn't call you.

wǒ wei wo shuo de hua hen baoqian can be translated into: I am sorry for what I said.

dui/wei + noun phrase+ wo hen bao qian

wo hen bao qian + verb phrase

For example,

wo hen bao qian wo sa huang le( I am sorry I lied.)

wo wei wo sa de huang gan dao bao qian(I am sorry for my lie.)