Please in Circassian is кхъыIэ (kh'yIe) in Kabardian and сыолъэIу (syolheIw) in Adyghe. Excuse me is Къысхуэгъэгъу (Qyskhwegheghw) in Kabardian and къысфэгъэгъу (qəsfegheghu) in Adyghe.
Please in Kabardian and Adyghe
The Circassian app’s audio course teaches please in lesson 3, to “make a request softer”. In both dialects it goes at the end of the request:
| English | Kabardian | Adyghe |
|---|---|---|
| come, please! | КъакIуэ, кхъыIэ!Qak'we, qhy'e! | КъакIо, сыолъэIу!Qak'o, syolhe'u! |
| please come here | Мыдэ къакIуэ, кхъыIэ.Myde qak'we, qhy'e. | Мыдэ къакIо, сыолъэIу.Myde qak'o, syolhe'u. |
| bring me tea, please | Шей къысхуэхь, кхъыIэ.Shyey qyskhweh, qhy'e. | Щай къысфэхь, сыолъэIу.Shchay qysfeh, syolhe'u. |
The Kabardian dictionary in the app translates кхъыIэ as “please” and “be so kind”.
Excuse me and sorry
Lesson 4 of the course teaches excuse me with everyday moments: you bump into someone in a shop, you step on a foot in a crowd, you brush against someone on your way out. In each one you say Къысхуэгъэгъу in Kabardian or къысфэгъэгъу in Adyghe.
The Kabardian word ends in гъэгъу, like the verb гъэгъун, which the Kabardian dictionary gives as “to forgive, to excuse”.
Polite phrases for learners
| English | Kabardian | Adyghe |
|---|---|---|
| I don’t understand | КъызгурыIуэркъымQyzguryI'werqym | КъызгурэIорэпQyzgureIorep |
| speak slowly | Псалъэ хуэмурэ.Psalhe khwemure. | Жъажъэу къэгущыIэ.Zhazheu qegushchy'e. |
| excuse me | КъысхуэгъэгъуQyskhwegheghw | къысфэгъэгъуqəsfegheghu |
| thank you | УпсэуUpsew | ОпсэуOpseu |
If you are just starting, these are the lines that keep a conversation going. The course teaches “I don’t understand” in lesson 2 and “speak slowly” in lesson 4. And when someone helps you, say thank you.
More Circassian phrases
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Please and excuse me in Circassian: questions
How do you say please in Circassian?
In Kabardian кхъыIэ, in Adyghe сыолъэIу. It goes at the end of the request.
How do you say excuse me in Circassian?
Къысхуэгъэгъу in Kabardian and къысфэгъэгъу in Adyghe.
How do you say sorry in Kabardian?
The audio course uses Къысхуэгъэгъу, “excuse me”, when you bump into someone or step on a foot.
How do you say please in Adyghe?
сыолъэIу For example: Щай къысфэхь, сыолъэIу, “bring me tea, please”.
How do you say I don’t understand in Circassian?
КъызгурыIуэркъым in Kabardian and КъызгурэIорэп in Adyghe.
Sources
- Circassian App audio course (Beginner), Kabardian lessons 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 13 and 19; Adyghe lessons 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 13 and 19. Each lesson’s script was reviewed by a native speaker of its dialect before the course was made; the audio on this page is the app’s own.
- M.L. Apazhev, Dzh.N. Kokov, Kabardino-cherkessko-russky slovar (Kabardino-Cherkess–Russian Dictionary), Nalchik: Elbrus, 2008, the Kabardian dictionary built into the app’s Translate screen: кхъыIэ (p. 288), гъэгъун (p. 66).
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