phrase
oprostite
sorry, pardon, forgive me (slightly weightier than izvinite)
простите, извините, прошу прощения (чуть весомее, чем izvinite)
With stress
opròstite
In Cyrillic
опростите
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- mȍlīm vasplease (formal)
- mȍlīm teplease (informal)
- izvólitehere you are, here you go; how can I help? (in a shop); go ahead
- da li mògumay I, can I (the question opens with a particle)
- mògu limay I, can I (the question opens with the verb)
- mȍžete licould you, can you (formal)
- mȍžeš licould you, can you (informal)
- hvála lépothank you very much (literally: thanks nicely)
- nȃjlepše hválamany thanks (literally: most beautiful thanks)
- néma na čèmuyou’re welcome