"I hate to break it to you, but..." or "Sorry, but..." For example: "Sorry, but I don't like cake" or "I hate to break it to you, but I didn't like your performance". What popped into my head was to say "ごめんけど", but I've never heard anyone say that and thus I'm sure it's 100% wrong. I'm curious as to how to say something like this, even if I'll never use it, but I haven't been able to find anything substantial online yet. An example sentence would be helpful too.
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わるいけど might be more appropriate here.– jogloranSep 2, 2020 at 7:42
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You can say:
- 悪いけど / 悪いですが
- 申し訳ないけど / 申し訳ありませんが
- 残念だけど / 残念ではありますが
- 言いたくないけど / 申し上げづらいのですが
ごめんけど is ungrammatical because けど needs the dictionary form of a verb/adjective/copula. But you can say "ごめん、けど、…" as if were two sentences.
