Excuse me in many languages

There are two main uses of this phrases: to ask for something/attract somebody's attention (marked 1 below), and to ask somebody to move out of the way so that you can get by (marked 2 below).

Language Excuse me
Afrikaans Verskoon my! Jammer!
Albanian Më fal!
Arabic (Modern Standard) 1 (men fathlek(i)) من فضلك!
2 (alma'derah) المعذرة!
Arabic (Egyptian) ('an iznak/iznik/izniku - m/f/pl) عن إزنك!
Arabic (Moroccan) (smeh līya) اسمح لي!
Armenian (Eastern) Ներողությո'ւն: (Nerogh.utyun) Կներե'ք: (Knerek’)
Asturian Perdón!
Azerbaijani Üzr istəyirəm / Bağışlayın
Belarusian Даруйце (Daruytsye)
Перапрашаю (Pyeraprashayu)
Breton Digarezit ac'hanonon! Eskuzit ac'hanon!
Bulgarian Извинете ме! Click here to hear this phrase (Izvinete me)
Catalan Dispensi! Perdoni!
Chamorro Dispensa yu
Chipewyan ʔarélá!
Chinese (Cantonese) 請問 (chéngmahn) 唔該 (m̀gòi) 失陪 (sàtpùih)
Chinese (Mandarin) (1) 請問 [请问] qǐngwén (2) 對不起 [对不起] duìbùqǐ
Chinese (Taiwanese) (1) 請問 (chhian2-mng7) 對不起 (tui3-put4-khi2)
(2) 借過 (tsioh4-kue3)
Cornish Gav dhymm! Click here to hear this phrase
Croatian Oprostite! Ispričavam se!
Czech Promiňte! Click here to hear this phrase
Danish Undskyld mig!
Dutch Neem me niet kwalijk
Esperanto Pardonu!
Estonian Vabandage!
Faroese Orsaka meg!
Finnish Anteeksi!
French Excusez-moi ! Pardon ! Pardonnez-moi !
Frisian (North) Ferschånke!
Frisian (Saterfrisian) Ferschoonenge!
Frisian (North) Ferjaan!
Friulian Us domandi perdon
Galician ¡Perdoe! ¡Desculpe!
Georgian ბოდიში (bodishi)
German Entschuldigen Sie! Entschuldigung! Verzeihung!
Greek Μὲ συγχωρεῖς! Click here to hear this phrase (Me sinhorís) - inf
Μὲ συγχωρεῖτε! Click here to hear this phrase (Me sinhoríte) - frm
Gullah 'Scuze me!
Hawaiian E kala mai iaʻu!
Haitian Creole Eskize mwen!
Hebrew בבקשה! (1), סליחה רגע! (2)
Hindi क्षमा कीजिए! (kshama kījie) माफ़ कीजिये! (māf kījiye) ज़रा सुनिये! (zarā suniye)
Hungarian Elnézést!
Icelandic Afsakið! Fyrirgefðu!
Indonesian Maafkan saya
Irish (Gaelic) Gabh mo leiscéal!
Italian Scusa! Scusami! (inf) Scusi! Mi scusi! (frm)
Japanese すみません! (sumimasen)
Jèrriais Extchûthez-mé, Pardonnez-mouai
Kannada ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ! (kshamisi)
Kazakh Кешіріңіз (Keşiriñiz)
Korean 실례하겠습니다! (shillehagessumnida)
Ladino Ekskuza!
Lao ຂໍໂທດ (khãw thôht)
Limburgish Verekskezeer! (inf) Verekskezeert! (frm) Perdóng!
Latvian Atvainojiet!
Lithuanian Atsiprašau!
Luxembourgish Entschellegt? Pardon
Macedonian Прocтeтe! Click here to hear this phrase (Prostete) = Please forgive me / I'm sorry
Извинете Click here to hear this phrase (Izvinete) - to ask to get by
Malay Tumpang lalu / Maafkan saya
Maltese Skużi! Skużani!
Manx Gow my leshtal! Jean my leshtal!
Māori Aroha mai!
Marshallese Jolok bwir!
Mongolian Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Norwegian Unnskyld! Unnskyld meg!
Occitan Perdon? Desencusa? Desencusatz?
Persian (bebakhshid) ببخشید!
Polish Przepraszam!
Portuguese Por favor! Com licença! Desculpe! Perdão!
Quechua Pampachay!
Romanian Scuzaţi-mă!
Russian Извините! Click here to hear this phrase (Izvinite)
Scots Ho ye!
Scottish Gaelic Gabh mo leisgeul! Click here to hear this phrase
Serbian Извините! (Izvinite!) Опросите! (Oprostite!)
Sesotho Ntshwarele / Ntsoarele
Slovak Prepáčte!
Slovenian Oprostite (frm) Oprosti (inf)
Spanish ¡Perdón! ¡Perdone! ¡Discúlpe!
Swahili (1) Samahani nipishe (2) Samahani
Swedish Ursäkta! Click here to hear this phrase
Tagalog Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako!
Thai (1) คุณครับ (khun khráp) - m / คุณค่ะ (khun khâ) - f
(2) ขอโทษ (khɔ̌ɔ thôot)
Turkish (1) Pardon, geçebilirmiyim? (2) Pardon, bakarmısınız?
Ukrainian Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Urdu (mā'zarat) معزرت! (māf kījiye) معاف کيجۓ!
Uyghur Kechürüng! Кехүрүң! !كةچۈرۈڭ!
Uzbek Uzr / Kechirasiz Click here to hear this phrase
Vietnamese Xin lỗi
Welsh Esgusodwch fi! Click here to hear this phrase
Wolof Baal ma!
Xhosa Uxolo! Ndixolele!
Yiddish (Zayt moykhl) זײַט מוחל!
(Zayt mir moykhl) זײַט מיר מוחל!
Zulu Uxolo!

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