excuse me (phrase)

excuse me (phrase)

 

Afrikaans: verskoon my

Arabic*: aiedhirni = اعذرني

Armenian: Nerets’ek’ = Ներեցեք

Bengali*: mapha karaben(a) = Māpha karabēna =  মাফ করবেন

Cebuano: pasayloa ko

Chichewa:  Pepani

Chinese*: da-rao yi-xia =  Dǎrǎo yīxià = 打扰一下  ideographically and phonetically da-rao 打扰 = disturb, yi-xia 一下 = once.

Danish: undskyld mai(g) = undskyld mig

Dutch: pardon

English: excuse me 

Esperanto: Pardonu min

Estonian: Vabandage mind

Filipino:  pasensya na

Finnish: anteeksi 

French: excuse-moi

German: ver-zei-hung = Verzeihung

Greek: Me synchoreís = Με συγχωρείς

Hausa: yi min uzuri

Hawaiian: kaumaha

Hebrew*: sala(c)h li = סלח לי

Hindi*: maaf karen = माफ़ करें

Hmong:  zam txim rau kuv

Indonesian: permisi

Italian:  Mi scusi

Japanese*: Sumimasen = すみません

Javanese: nyuwun pangapunten

Korean*: sillyeh-ab-nida = sillyehabnida = 실례합니다

Lao*: kho a phai = ຂໍ​ອະ​ໄພ

Latin: i(g)nao-skas = ignoscas

Macedonian: izvini me = извини ме

Malay: ma-af-kan saya = maafkan saya

Maori:  Whakaaetia ahau

Myanmar*:  kyaayyjuupyu = ကျေးဇူးပြု

Nepali*: malaim mapha garnuhos = Malā’īṁ māpha garnuhōs = मलाईं माफ गर्नुहोस्

Norwegian: unnskyld me(g) = unnskyld meg

Pashto*: ma’zarat = ‎معذرت, 

buxna kra’i = بخښنه کړئ

Persien*: bebakhshid = ببخشید

Portuguese: com livensa = com licença

Russian: proshu proshcheniya = прошу прощения

Samoan: tulou

Spanish: disculpe

Swahili:  samahani

Swedish: ur-shak-ta ‘mi(g) = Ursäkta mig

Thai*: kho onuyat = K̄hx xnuỵāt = ขออนุญาต

Turkish:  afe’dersin = Affedersin

Ukrainian: Vybachte = Вибачте

Uzbek: Kechirasiz

Vietnamese: xin lo-i = xin lỗi

Welsh: Esgusodwch fi

Xhosa: Andivanga

Yiddish*: antshuldigt mir = אנטשולדיגט מיר

Zulu: Uxolo

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