상대방의 호의나 초대를 예의바르게 거절하는 표현
No thanks
I’m sorry. I can’t 보다는
상사나 예의를 갖추어야 하는 관계에선 아래와 같은 표현으로.
■ Thank you for + 무엇. but~
■ I appreciate + 무엇, but~
~은 감사합니다만,
▲Thank you for the offer. but~
※보다 정중한 표현은
Thank you 대신에 I appreciate ...
▲I appreciate the offer. but~
▲Thank you for the offer. but I’ll just take a cab home.
★ Thank you for the offer. but I’m good.
고맙지만, 전 괜찮아요.
★I really appreciate the offer. but I’ll figure it out.
Offer 제안, 제의
~을 기꺼이 해주겠다고 하다. 호의를 베푸는 의미도 내포되어 있음.
★Thank you, Honey. That’s a nice offer.
▲Thank you for the offer, but you don’t have to.
감사합니다만 그렇게 안해주셔도 됩니다.
★Well, I appreciate your offer to help, I do. but...
★But thank you, thank you for the offer. really.
▲Thank you for the invite, but ~
▲I appreciate the invite, but ~
★It’s on a boat. Thanks for the invite, but I have a plans.
★You know what? I really appreciate the invite, Joe, but..
※Invite : 초대하다. 초대
일상대화시에는 Invitation보다 casual한 Invite 로 즐겨 표현함.
★Hi, Susan. Thank you so much for the invite.
▲Thank you for the invite, but I can’t make it this time.
※Make it : (모임)등에 가다.
▲I can’t make it this time.
이번엔 못간다.
보다 부드러운 표현은
▲I don’t think I can make it this time.
이번엔 못갈 것 같아.
★I don’t think I cant make it to your party.
보다 더 부드럽게 거절하는 표현은
▲I would love to go, but~
정말 가고 싶지만.
▲I would love to go, but I’ll be working late tomorrow.
work late: 야근하다
★I’d love to go, but I’ve actually doubel-booked myself.
정말 가고 싶지만, 사실 약속이 2개나 잡혀 있어서.
▲Thank you for the invite.
I would love to go, but I’ll be working late tomorrow.
▲I wish I could make it, but~
갈 수 있으면 정말 좋겠지만,
▲I really I could make it,
but I have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow.
★ Yeah, I wish I could make it..but, yes, I will be there.
■That sounds (great / fun / exciting / interesting), but..
특히 초대를 거절할 때 잘 사용되는 패턴
※Sound : 소리
..처럼 들리다. ~ 인 것 같다.
▲That sounds so great, but..
I have a lot going on that day.
정말 좋겠지만 그날 내가 할 일이 너무 많아서
I have a lot of things to do
I’m very busy.
라는 표현보다는
▲I have a lot going on that day.
★That sounds awful.
★That sounds romantic.
※Going on : 일이 일어나고 있는
▲Have a lot going on → 일이 많다.
★Is tonight still happening?
★I have a lot of stuff going on, but..I’ll call you.
▲That sounds fun, but I’m gonna have to take a rain check.
정말 재미있겠지만 다음에 해야 할 것 같아
※재미있겠다를 강조할 때는 so much fun
★Sounds like fun, but celebrities make me shy.
재미있겠지만, 연애인들 앞에서 부끄러움을 많이 타서
★Okay, well. I’ll have to take a rain check.
but thanks for the offer.
다음에 해야 될 것 같아요. 초대는 고마워요.
※Take a rain check : 다음 기회에 하다.
▲Can I take a rain check?
짧게 Rain check 라고도 표현함.
▲I’m gonna have to take a rain check.
★Can I take a rain check? Sure
★Rain check? Yeah, rain check.
■ It’s kind of you. but..
마음 써주셔서 감사합니다만..
정말 친절하시네요.
※상대방의 호의에 대한 감사표현으로 주로 사용됨.
★That’s very kind of you.
▲It’s very kind of you to help me.
도와주셔서 정말 감사합니다.
★It’s very kind of you to take the time to sit with me.
★It’s kind of you to take us in, Dr. Bushwell.
※kind 대신에 보다 casual 한 sweet, nice 로도 표현함.
※Sweet : 달콤한, 상냥한, 친절한
▲It’s so nice of you to come by.
이렇게 들러 줘서 정말 고마워
★It’s nice of you to come.
▲It’s so sweet of you to call.
전화해 줘서 정말 고마워
★It was sweet of you to call.
▲You’re so sweet!
정말 친절(상냥)하시네요
★Joey, you’re so sweet. you’re so, so sweet, honey.
★Maple candy. That’s so sweet of you.
It’s kind of you
It’s nice of you
It's sweet of you
마음 써줘서 정말 고마워요
▲It’s very kind of you, but you really don’t have to .
정말 감사합니다만, 그렇게 안해주셔도 됩니다.
※I’m good : (사양할 때) 저는 괜찮습니다.
▲It’s so sweet of you, but I’m good.
너무 고맙지만 난 괜찮아
★That’s so sweet of you, but you don’t have to stick around.
고맙지만, 기다리고 있지 않아도 돼요
▲It’s very kind of you to invite me, but I get off late that night.
초대해 주셔서 정말 감사합니다만, 제가 그날 늦게 퇴근을 해서요.
★Thanks, that’s very kind of you to include me, but I’ll have to pass.
초대해 주셔서 감사합니다만, 사양할께요.
▲It’s so sweet of you to invite me, but I don’t think I can make it this time.
초대해 줘서 정말 고마운데 이번에는 못갈 것 같아.
★That’s so sweet of you to invite me... but maybe another time.
Would that be all right?
※상대로부터 칭찬을 받을 때
그렇게 말씀해 주셔서 감사합니다.
▲That’s very kind / nice / sweet of you to say.
▲That’s very kind you to say.
그렇게 말씀해 주셔서 감사합니다.
★Well, thanks. That’s very kind of you to say.
보다 casual 한 Nice, Sweet
▲That’s very nice / sweet of you to say.
그렇게 말해 줘서 고마워요.
★Yeah. Well, that’s really nice of you to say.
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