“Excuse me / Sorry” in 39 languages

Tap ▶ to hear it. 35 of 39 match Wiktionary. Languages from the same family sit together, so you can see the shared roots.

Slavic

• BulgarianИзвинете!izvineteMatches Wiktionary (accents aside)▶
• CroatianOprostite!Matches Wiktionary▶
• CzechPromiňte!Matches Wiktionary▶
• SlovakPrepáčte!Matches Wiktionary▶
• SlovenianOprostite!Matches Wiktionary▶

Germanic

• DanishUndskyld!Matches Wiktionary▶
• DutchPardon!Matches Wiktionary▶
• NorwegianUnnskyld!Matches Wiktionary▶
• SwedishUrsäkta!Matches Wiktionary▶

Indo-Iranian

• Bengaliমাফ করবেন!maf korbenMatches Wiktionary▶
• Hindiमाफ़ कीजिए!maaf kijiyeMatches Wiktionary▶
• Persianببخشید!bebakhshid▶
• Urduمعاف کیجیے!maaf kijiyeMatches Wiktionary▶

Austronesian

• FilipinoMawalang-galang na po!Close to Wiktionary▶
• IndonesianPermisi!Matches Wiktionary▶
• MalayMaaf!Matches Wiktionary▶

Romance

• CatalanPerdoni!Matches Wiktionary▶
• GalicianDesculpe!Matches Wiktionary▶
• RomanianScuzați-mă!Matches Wiktionary▶

Turkic

• AzerbaijaniBağışlayın!Matches Wiktionary▶
• KyrgyzКечиресиз!kechiresizMatches Wiktionary▶
• TurkishAffedersiniz!Matches Wiktionary▶

Uralic

• EstonianVabandage!Matches Wiktionary▶
• FinnishAnteeksi!Matches Wiktionary▶
• HungarianElnézést!Matches Wiktionary▶

Baltic

• LatvianAtvainojiet!Matches Wiktionary▶
• LithuanianAtsiprašau!Matches Wiktionary▶

Semitic

• Arabicعفوا!afwanMatches Wiktionary▶
• Hebrewסליחה!slichaMatches Wiktionary▶

Albanian

• AlbanianMë falni!Matches Wiktionary▶

Bantu

• SwahiliSamahani!Close to Wiktionary▶

Basque (no relatives)

• BasqueBarkatu!Close to Wiktionary▶

Celtic

• IrishGabh mo leithscéal!Matches Wiktionary▶

Chinese

• Chinese不好意思！bu hao yisiMatches Wiktionary▶

Esperanto (built from Romance + Germanic)

• EsperantoPardonu!Matches Wiktionary▶

Japanese

• JapaneseすみませんsumimasenMatches Wiktionary▶

Korean

• Korean실례합니다!sillyehamnidaMatches Wiktionary▶

Thai

• Thaiขอโทษครับ!kho thot khrapMatches Wiktionary▶

Vietnamese

• VietnameseXin lỗi!Matches Wiktionary▶