What does すまなく思うが mean?


すまなく is 'sorry' but how does 思うが change this meaning? 'I feel sorry?'




すまない = sorrowful

すまなく = sorrowfully (this is the 連用形 of すまない)

思う = to think (verb)

が = but (conjunctive)

Literally すまなく思うが = I think sorrowfully but... = I feel sorry but ...

The sentence is unfinished. It is up to the reader/listener to guess what
follows.

