When you want to ask something, it’s not too polite to say what you want suddenly. Or you may need to call someone far away.
For example, ask the price in the shop or call the waiter in the restaurant.
In these situation, saying “Excuse me.” first would be suitable.
If you can say it in their language, they can notice easily that you want to ask something.
Let’s see how to say “Excuse me.” in 50 different languages.
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| Language | Play | |
| Afrikaans | ▶️ | Verskoon my. |
| Albanian | ▶️ | Më fal. |
| Arabic | ▶️ | إذا سمحت |
| ‘iidha samahat | ||
| Arabic (Egyptian) | ▶️ | بعد إذنك |
| baed ‘iidhnik | ||
| Armenian | ▶️ | Ներեցեք: |
| Nerets’yek’: | ||
| Bengali | ▶️ | মাফ করবেন। |
| Māpha karabēna. | ||
| Bosnian | ▶️ | Izvini. |
| Cantonese | ▶️ | 唔好意思 |
| m4 hou2 yi3 si1 | ||
| Catalan | ▶️ | Perdona’m. |
| Chinese | ▶️ | 不好意思 |
| Bù hǎo yì sī | ||
| Chinese (Taiwan) | ▶️ | 不好意思 |
| Bù hǎoyìsi | ||
| ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄧˋ ㄙ | ||
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| Croatian | ▶️ | Ispričajte me. |
| Czech | ▶️ | Promiňte. |
| Danish | ▶️ | Undskyld mig. |
| Dutch | ▶️ | Excuseer. |
| English (American) | ▶️ | Excuse me. |
| English (British) | ▶️ | Excuse me. |
| Esperanto | ▶️ | Pardonu min. |
| Finnish | ▶️ | Anteeksi. |
| French | ▶️ | Excusez-moi. |
| German | ▶️ | Entschuldigung. |
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| Greek | ▶️ | Συγγνώμη. |
| Syngnómi. | ||
| Haitian Creole | ▶️ | Eskize mwen. |
| Hakka | ▶️ | gien seu / pai3 se |
| 見笑 / 敗勢 | ||
| Hindi | ▶️ | क्षमा कीजिये। |
| kshama keejiye. | ||
| Hungarian | ▶️ | Elnézést kérek. |
| Icelandic | ▶️ | Afsakið. |
| Indonesian | ▶️ | Permisi. |
| Italian | ▶️ | Scusami. |
| Japanese | ▶️ | すみません |
| sumimasen | ||
| Korean | ▶️ | 실례하겠습니다! |
| shillehagessumnida | ||
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| Latin | ▶️ | Mihi ignosce. |
| Latvian | ▶️ | Atvainojiet. |
| Macedonian | ▶️ | Се извинувам. |
| Se izvinuvam. | ||
| Norwegian | ▶️ | Unnskyld meg. |
| Polish | ▶️ | Prosimy wybaczyć. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | ▶️ | Perdão. |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | ▶️ | Perdão. |
| Romanian | ▶️ | Pardon. |
| Russian | ▶️ | Извините. |
| Izvinite. | ||
| Serbian | ▶️ | Izvini. |
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| Slovak | ▶️ | Ospravedlň ma. |
| Spanish (Latin America) | ▶️ | Disculpe. |
| Spanish (Spain) | ▶️ | Discúlpame. |
| Swahili | ▶️ | Kumradhi. |
| Swedish | ▶️ | Ursäkta. |
| Taiwanese (MinNan) | ▶️ | Sit-lé./Pháinn-sè. |
| 失禮/歹勢 | ||
| Tamil | ▶️ | என்னை மன்னியுங்கள். |
| Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ. | ||
| Thai | ▶️ | ขออภัย |
| k̄hxxp̣hạy | ||
| Turkish | ▶️ | Affedersiniz. |
| Vietnamese | ▶️ | Xin lỗi. |
| Welsh | ▶️ | Esgusodwch fi. |
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