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One other question I have always wondered about commands like these: Is the "Me" assumed? Like:

Извините = Excuse me
Помагите = Help me

instead of something like:

Простите мне =...

Actual cyrillic:

Извинить - To Excuse
Извините / Извини (command form, Formal and Informal, respectively)

Простить - To Forgive
Простите / Прости (command form, Formal and Informal,...

The way I understand it, Izvinite is more like "Excuse me" (comes from Izvinit', to excuse), like if you want to get a busy person's attention, and Prostite is more like "I'm sorry", (comes from the...