Forgive me

Urdu translation: mujhe maaf kar dain

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English term or phrase:	Forgive me
Urdu translation:	mujhe maaf kar dain

09:24 Feb 20, 2006

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English term or phrase: Forgive me

I just want to learn how to say Forgive me in urdu

Margarita

mujhe maaf kar dain

Explanation:
maaf kijiye is equivalent to "excuse me"

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najma
United States
Local time: 13:45

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I just want to say thank you. I know the other one had more rating but you are a native speaker of Urdu so I would believe you know what you're saying. :D thanks again.
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4 +5

maaf keejiye

Balasubramaniam L.

5 +2

mujhe maaf kar dain

najma

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

forgive me

mujhe maaf kar dain

Explanation:
maaf kijiye is equivalent to "excuse me"

najma
United States
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of:

Urdu

Grading comment

I just want to say thank you. I know the other one had more rating but you are a native speaker of Urdu so I would believe you know what you're saying. :D thanks again.

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

forgive me maaf keejiye

Explanation:
maaf keejiye

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To najma:
Excuse and forgive are more or less synonymns. Here are some definitions of these terms:

ex·cuse (ĭk-skyûz')
tr.v., -cused, -cus·ing, -cus·es.

To explain (a fault or an offense) in the hope of being forgiven or understood: He arrived late and excused his tardiness in a flimsy manner.

To apologize for (oneself) for an act that could cause offense: She excused herself for being late.

To grant pardon to; forgive: We quickly excused the latecomer.

To make allowance for; overlook: Readers must excuse the author's youth and inexperience. See synonyms at forgive.

for·give

v.tr.
To excuse for a fault or an offense; pardon.

To renounce anger or resentment against.

To absolve from payment of (a debt, for example).

(Both the above from www.answers.com)

Here are the definitions of these words from Concise Oxford Dictionary:

forgive:

remit, let off, cease to resent, pardon

excuse:
attempt to lessen the blame attached to (person, act, fault; forgive(fault or offernce, person for this)

Also, kijiye, kijiyega, kar dein, kar dijiye, kar dijiyega, all have the same root verb kar, and have very similar meanings. It is the user's preference as to which of these he uses.

In many situations, the pronoun (mujhe) can be left out as it is understood by the context.

Balasubramaniam L.
India
Local time: 00:15
Native speaker of:

Hindi

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