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The hiragana for sumimasen (the meaning for sorry am i right?) should it be すみません or すいません ?
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Yes. It means "sorry".
すみません (su MI ma sen): formal, proper
すいません (su I ma sen): casual
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- Japanese
The right form is すみません.
But it's a little dull to pronounce. So we often say すいません.
Recently I've not often heard すみません before when I was a child.
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- Japanese
They are right.
and these have also meaning that "excuseme"
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