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English
Pronunciation
Phrase
I 'm sorry
Indicates the speaker's apology .
Indicates the speaker's commiseration .
(with an upward inflection) Indicates that the speaker is confused or requests information to be repeated; come again ?, say again ?, I beg your pardon ?; see also Thesaurus:say again
Translations
I'm sorry, I apologize
Chinese:
Hokkien: 歹勢 / 歹势 (zh-min-nan) ( phái-sè ) , 對不住 / 对不住 (zh-min-nan) ( tuì-put-chū ) , 失禮 / 失礼 (zh-min-nan) ( sit-lé )
Danish: undskyld (da)
Dutch: het spijt me , ik bied mijn excuses aan
Esperanto: mi pardonpetas , pardonu min
Finnish: anteeksi (fi) , olen pahoillani
French: je suis désolé (fr) m , je suis désolée (fr) f , pardon (fr) , je m’excuse (fr)
Galician: desculpe , descúlpeme
German: es tut mir Leid , ich bitte um Verzeihung
Hungarian: sajnálom , elnézést kérek , bocsánatot kérek
Icelandic: mér þykir fyrir því
Irish: tá brón orm
Korean: 미안합니다 (ko) ( mianhamnida ) , 죄송합니다 (ko) ( joesonghamnida ) , 미안해 ( mianhae )
Polish: przepraszam (pl)
Portuguese: perdão (pt) , desculpa (pt) , desculpe-me , me desculpe
Russian: извини́те (ru) ( izviníte ) ( formal ) , извини́ (ru) ( izviní ) ( informal ) , прости́те (ru) ( prostíte ) ( formal ) , прости́ (ru) ( prostí ) ( informal )
Serbo-Croatian: oprostite (sh) ( formal, Croatia ) , izvinite (sh) ( formal, Serbia, Bosnia ) , oprosti (sh) ( informal, Croatia ) , izvini (sh) ( informal, Serbia, Bosnia )
Swedish: förlåt
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Arabic: أَنَا آسِف m ( ʔanā ʔāsif ) , أَنَا آسِفَة f ( ʔanā ʔāsifa ) , آسِف m ( ʔāsif ) , آسِفَة f ( ʔāsifa )
Burmese: ဝမ်းနည်း ပါ တယ် ။ ( wam:nany:patai|| ) , ဆောရီး နော် ။ ( hcau:ri:nau|| )
Catalan: em sap greu , ho sento , perdó (ca)
Cebuano: pasayloa ko , pasayloa , pasensya
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對不起 / 对不起 (zh) ( duìbùqǐ )
Cornish: drog yw genev , drog ew genam
Czech: promiň ( informal ) , promiňte ( formal ) , je mi to líto , to mě mrzí , omlouvám se
Galician: síntoo
Georgian: ბოდიში ( bodiši ) , მაპატიეთ ( maṗaṭiet ) , ვწუხვარ ( vc̣uxvar )
German:
Silesian: 's thutt mer leed , is thutt mer leed ( Gebirgsschlesisch ) , es thutt merr (harzlich) leed
Hindi: मुझे माफ़ करो ( mujhe māf karo ) ( informal ) , मुझे माफ़ कीजिए ( mujhe māf kījie ) ( formal )
Italian: mi dispiace
Japanese: ごめんなさい (ja) ( gomennasai ) , すみません (ja) ( sumimasen ) , すまん ( suman ) ( informal )
Khmer: ខ្ញុំស្ដាយណាស់ ( kɲom sdaay nah ) ( I regret ) , សុំទោស ( som tooh ) ( apology )
Latin: mē paenitet ( apology ) , mē miseret ( commiseration )
Latvian: piedodiet
Low German: nix för ungud , nihmen Se nix för ungud ( Paderbornisch; formal )
Navajo: ádzaaígíí bąąh shíniʼ
Nootka: łakšiʔats
Ojibwe: gaawiin go onjidaa
Persian: عذر میخوام ( 'ozr mi-xâm ) ( colloquial ) , ببخشید (fa) ( bebaxšid )
Romani: jertisar man ( singular ) , jertisaren man ( plural )
Romanian: îmi pare rău , scuză (ro)
Spanish: lo siento
Swedish: jag är ledsen , jag ber om ursäkt
Tagalog: patawad , pasensya na , paumanhin (tl)
Thai: ขอโทษ (th) ( kɔ̌ɔ-tôot )
Vietnamese: xin lỗi (vi)
Volapük: pardolös
Welsh: mae'n ddrwg gen i , mae'n ddrwg gyda fi