How to Say Excuse Me in Other Languages

Afrikaans: Verskoon my (fur-skoon may)

Albanian: Më falni (muh fal-nee)

Amharic: አይቀርም (ay-ker-im)

Arabic: عفواً (af-wan)

Armenian: Ներեցեք (ne-ret-sek)

Azerbaijani: Bağışlayın (bah-ghish-lah-yin)

Basque: Barkatu (bar-ka-too)

Belarusian: Прабачце (pra-bach-tye)

Bengali: দয়া করে (do-ya ko-re)

Bosnian: Izvinite (iz-vee-nee-te)

Bulgarian: Извинете (iz-vee-ne-te)

Catalan: Perdoni (per-doh-nee)

Cebuano: Pasayloa ko (pa-say-lo-ah ko)

Chinese (Mandarin): 请问 (qing-wen)

Croatian: Ispričajte me (ees-pree-chay-te me)

Czech: Promiňte (proh-min-tye)

Danish: Undskyld (oon-skyld)

Dutch: Pardon (par-don)

Esperanto: Pardonu (par-doh-noo)

Estonian: Vabandage (vah-ban-da-ge)

Filipino: Paumanhin (pa-oo-man-hin)

Finnish: Anteeksi (ahn-tehk-see)

French: Excusez-moi (ex-skew-zay mwah)

Galician: Perdoa (per-doh-ah)

Georgian: უკაცრავად (ukats-ra-vad)

German: Entschuldigung (ent-shool-dee-goong)

Greek: Συγγνώμη (see-gnoh-mee)

Gujarati: મફ કરો (maf karo)

Haitian Creole: Eskize mwen (es-kee-ze mwen)

Hebrew: סליחה (sli-cha)

Hindi: माफ़ करें (maaf karen)

Hungarian: Elnézést (el-nay-zesht)

Icelandic: Afsakið (afs-ah-kith)

Igbo: Chegbuo (cheg-boo-oh)

Indonesian: Maaf (mah-af)

Irish: Gabh mo leithscéal (gavh moh leh-shkayl)

Italian: Mi scusi (mee skoo-zee)

Japanese: すみません (su-mi-ma-sen)

Javanese: Nuwun sewu (nu-wun seh-wu)

Kannada: ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (ksha-mi-si)

Kazakh: Кешіріңіз (ke-sheer-ee-nyiz)

Khmer: សុំទោស (som-tohs)

Korean: 실례합니다 (shil-lye-ham-ni-da)

Kurdish (Kurmanji): Bibore (bee-bor-eh)

Kyrgyz: Кечиресиз (keh-cheer-eh-seez)

Lao: ຂໍໂທດ (khoh-thot)

Latvian: Piedodiet (pye-do-diet)

Lithuanian: Atsiprašau (at-see-prah-shau)

Macedonian: Извинете (iz-vee-ne-te)

Malay: Maafkan saya (mah-af-kan sah-ya)

Malayalam: ക്ഷമിക്കുക (ksha-mi-ku-ka)

Maltese: Skużani (sku-zah-nee)

Maori: Aroha mai (a-ro-ha mai)

Marathi: माफ करा (maaf kara)

Mongolian: Уучлаарай (ooch-lar-ay)

Nepali: माफ गर्नुहोस् (maaf gar-nu-hos)

Norwegian: Unnskyld (oon-shild)

Pashto: بخښنه غواړم (bakh-shna ghwa-ram)

Persian: ببخشید (be-bakh-sheed)

Polish: Przepraszam (pshe-prah-sham)

Portuguese: Desculpe (des-cul-pe)

Punjabi: ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰਨਾ (maf kar-na)

Romanian: Scuzați-mă (skoo-zat-see-muh)

Russian: Извините (iz-vee-nee-tye)

Samoan: Fa’amalie atu (fa-ah-mah-lee-ay ah-too)

Serbian: Izvinite (iz-vee-nee-te)

Sindhi: معاف ڪجو (mu-af ku-jo)

Sinhala: සමාවෙන්න (sa-ma-we-na)

Slovak: Prepáčte (preh-paach-tye)

Slovenian: Oprostite (oh-pro-stee-te)

Spanish: Perdón (per-don)

Swahili: Samahani (sa-ma-ha-ni)

Swedish: Ursäkta (ur-sek-ta)

Tamil: மன்னிக்கவும் (man-ni-ka-vum)

Telugu: క్షమించండి (ksha-min-chan-di)

Thai: ขอโทษ (kho-thot)

Turkish: Affedersiniz (af-fe-der-si-niz)

Ukrainian: Вибачте (vy-bach-tye)

Urdu: معاف کیجیے (maf kee-jee-ye)

Uzbek: Kechirasiz (ke-chi-ra-siz)

Vietnamese: Xin lỗi (sin loy)

Welsh: Esgusodwch fi (es-gus-od-ooch vee)

Xhosa: Ndicela uxolo (ndi-chela oo-xo-lo)

Yiddish: אנטשולדיקט (ant-shul-dikt)

Yoruba: Ẹ bínú (eh bee-nu)

Zulu: Ngiyaxolisa (ngi-ya-xo-lee-sa)

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