"Excuse me!"
Translation:Affedersin!
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So if I'm understanding the pattern correctly, affedersin is informal and affedersiniz is formal?
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fyi, "Pardon!" is accepted as well. Pronounced similar to as it is in French.
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It is an apology type of excuse me. Pardon is used to get through. If I remember correctly, afedersin comes from the turkish word meaning forgive, so it means forgive me. I think, I'm no turkish expert.
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Because the last vowel before it is "e" (affedErsin), which is front and unrounded.
It depends on the pronunciation as the pronunciation of the letter (ı) is different from the pronunciation of the letter (i)
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I'm unsure if it's just the recorded pronunciation and wanted to clarify: is it more of an "ar" sound or an "er" sound when 'er' is written?
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Does this come from "auf wiedersehen" by any chance?
Nope :) It comes from the the Arabic word 'عفو' (meaning "pardon") and the Turkish verb "etmek' (meaning "to do").
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Basically "I do". But it's used a lot together with nouns to turn them into verbs -- e.g. teşekkür ederim "I do thanks/thanking", but a better translation is just "I thank" or "thank you".