ごめんね vs ごめん or what does ね add to the phrase?


From [this answer](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/320/18894) I can see
that they're both casual, but ごめん is more casual.

There's also [this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/51919/what-
are-%e3%81%aa-and-%e3%81%ad-in-%e3%81%94%e3%82%81%e3%82%93%e3%81%ad-
and-%e3%81%94%e3%82%81%e3%82%93%e3%81%aa) but it's rather about な and ね
generally. Still it (or [this
article](https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/japanese-particle-ne/)) explains the
uses of ね, and my guess is, ごめんね is a more friendly or emotional way to say
"sorry"? And ごめん is more calm, and maybe abrupt? Does that sound correct?




A very simplified explanation is that this type of ね adds emotion and
sincerity. So you can think of ごめん as closer to "(I'm) sorry" and ごめんね as
closer to "I'm so sorry". To your friend, you could say ごめん for a trivial (or
"casual") mistake, but you probably want to say ごめんね, 本当にごめんね, and so on for a
relatively serious mistake like pouring water on their clothes.

However, note that ね is just one of many sentence-ending particles, and not
everyone uses it. ね tends to sound feminine, childlike and/or gentle. While ね
is often the safest option for Japanese language learners, those who use more
masculine language (such as those preferring 俺 over 僕/私) might also prefer
expressions like ごめんな, 悪い, すまん, and so on. It is almost impossible for someone
like Goku from Dragon Ball to say ごめんね.

(All of the expressions listed above are casual/informal.)




A very simplified explanation is that this type of ね adds emotion and
sincerity. So you can think of ごめん as closer to "(I'm) sorry" and ごめんね as
closer to "I'm so sorry". To your friend, you could say ごめん for a trivial (or
"casual") mistake, but you probably want to say ごめんね, 本当にごめんね, and so on for a
relatively serious mistake like pouring water on their clothes.

However, note that ね is just one of many sentence-ending particles, and not
everyone uses it. ね tends to sound feminine, childlike and/or gentle. While ね
is often the safest option for Japanese language learners, those who use more
masculine language (such as those preferring 俺 over 僕/私) might also prefer
expressions like ごめんな, 悪い, すまん, and so on. It is almost impossible for someone
like Goku from Dragon Ball to say ごめんね.

(All of the expressions listed above are casual/informal.)

