dilerim?
I know that özür dilerim means I'm sorry.
Can someone please explain the breakdown of the word dilerim?
I'm thinking that the "im" part refers to I (ben), like I am the one who is sorry.
Can someone please explain the diler part?
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dilemek
to wish
özür
1disadvantage (for disabled people)
2offer for being forgiven
özür dilemek
literally: to wish to be forgiven
it is translated: to apologize, to say "sorry", to say "excuse me"
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dile +r (present tense) +im (personal ending)
>dilerim
I wish, I am willing, I expect
özür dilerim
sorry
(literally: I apologize)
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Rica ederim. (you are welcome)
And it supposed to be "teşekkürler" or "teşekkür ederim/ediyorum"
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tesekkurlar
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Dilemek is a verb.
It has a meaning something like "wish"
Özür dilerim can be translated as " I'm sorry" but also "I apologize"
Basically "özür dilerim" is a phrase or collocation
Another example with "dilemek"
Başarılı olmanı diliyorum = I wish you to be successful.
3 dilek hakkın var = You have three wishes.
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