I told you so

English Alternative forms en I told you told you told you so Pronunciation ī tōld yo͞o sō en /aɪ̯ təʊ̯ld juː səʊ̯/ /ʌɪ̯ təʊ̯ld juː səʊ̯/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-I told you so.wav Southern England en /aɪ̯ toʊ̯ld ju soʊ̯/ GenAm,CanE en /ɑe̯ tɐʉ̯ld jʉː sɐʉ̯/ ; /ɑe̯ təʉ̯ld jʉː səʉ̯/<a:also <<AuE>>> AuE,NZE en /aɪ̯ told jʉ so/ /ʌi̯ told jʉ so/ /əi̯ told jʉ so/ ScE en /əj ʈoːlɖ juː soː/ /ɑːj ʈoːlɖ juː soː/ InE en I told you so! Phrase phr ~told:tell; ! en informal ironic Used to remind someone that they were already warned by the speaker or writer that a certain event would happen. en what did I tell you I IV 997 1 “See that, man!”Some flowers and grasses and another leafy branch floated toward us. We both scanned the water and the coastline. Bradley evidently discovered something, or at least thought that he had. He called down for a bucket and a rope, and when they were passed up to him, he lowered the former into the sea and drew it in filled with water. Of this he took a taste, and straightening up, looked into my eyes with an expression of elation⁠—as much as to say “I told you so!” Jonathan Weisman Donald Trump; Fox News Trump and Fox News, Twin Titans of Politics, Hit With Back-to-Back Rebukes https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/01/us/politics/trump-fox-news-court-cases.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230408203459/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/01/us/politics/trump-fox-news-court-cases.html 2023-04-08 A 2023-04-01 24 For the left, the seismic week delivered an “I told you so” years in the making. en w:Good Luck, Babe! And when you wake up next to him in the middle of the night ¶ With your head in your hands you’re nothing more than his wife ¶ And when you think about me all of those years ago ¶ You're standing face to face with ""i told you so"" 2024-04-05 w:Chappell Roan;w:Justin Tranter;w:Dan Nigro w:Chappell Roan Amusement Records;w:Island Records https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RKqOmSkGgM 1548719471 en Usage notes This phrase is often constructed as en I hate to say I told you so, as a form of paralipsis. Translations told you so! Arabic: ar قُلْتُ لَكَ ذٰلِكَ m, ar قُلْتُ لَكِ ذٰلِكَ f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 來著 我說什麼來著 wǒ shuō shénme láizhe, cmn 来着 我说什么来着 wǒ shuō shénme láizhe Danish: da hvad sagde jeg Dutch: nl da's wat ik u gezegd heb he!, nl wat heb ik je gezegd?, nl ik zei het toch Finnish: fi mitä minä sanoin, fi minähän sanoin French: fr je te l'avais bien dit German: de ich hab's (dir) (ja) gesagt Hungarian: hu nem megmondtam? Indonesian: id apa kataku, id nah Italian: it te l'avevo detto io té l'avévo détto ìo Japanese: ja 言わんこっちゃない iwan kotchanai, male ja 言っただろ itta daro, female ja 言ったでしょ itta desho Kankanaey: kne kanak dedan en sik-a Low German: German Low German: nds-de ik heff't seggt, nds-de wat heff ik di seggt? Ojibwe: oj gigii-wiindamoon Polish: pl a nie mówiłem? Portuguese: pt eu te avisei, pt eu avisei Russian: ru я же тебе́ говори́л m informal, said by male, ru я же тебе́ говори́ла f informal, said by female Spanish: es ya te lo dije Swedish: sv vad var det jag sa Tagalog: tl sabi ko sa 'yo eh Turkish: tr ben demiştim, tr ha Vietnamese: vi tôi đã nói như thế rồi mà, vi thấy chưa? (do you) see yet? See also en what you see is what you get Further reading en sentences