I can´t find the word for sorry!

Please help!

üzgünüm = I´m sorry

Thank you!!

 As with most honour and shame cultures there are lots of grades of sorry.

üzgünüm is like the American way of sayin "I´m sorry" when someone says they are unwell. It doesn´t include any culpability.

If you want to say you are sorry, accepting some blame, like an apology, then "özür diliyorum" is better.

"Honour and shame cultures"...hmm...I have to think about that.

If you or someone else one day has time to explain the different ways of saying I´m sorry it would be so good.

 Afedersiniz = literally If you would forgive

pişmanım = I am sorry, with a definite culpability, I feel remorse, I feel regret (for what I did)

Needs a native speaker to give the subtle differences ...

Affedersiniz (should be written with double f if infinitive is affetmek) = Forgive me

Özür dilerim = I apologise

Kusura bakma = Ignore the fault (my faults)

Pişmamım = I feel regret (fow what I did or didn´t)

Üzgünüm = I am sorry (for something)

Beni mazur görün = Excuse me

Pardon = pardon me

etc.

I think that the most prefered is "Özür dilerim".

Thank you, MarioninTurkey, si++. Now we know what to say if there should ever be a reason for regrets.

It´s interesting how some languages are rich in these expressions and others are not. In Russian they really know how to do it with style: the word for farewell is the imperfective aspect of the verb ´to forgive´. It´s like goodbye now and no hard feelings.

I quite agree with you Abla! And very interesting about the Russian words and their uses.

After thinking about it I believe there are a few ways of saying "sorry" in English as well. "Sorry", "Apologies", "My apologies", "I regret (to inform you)",  and "my condolences", etc.

But I don´t think these are nearly as expressive as the ways to say in Turkish. Of course, sometımes it doesn´t matter which one you use, a perceptive person can pick up true sincerity (or lack of) from tone of voice and facial expression.