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I don't know
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English
en
Pronunciation
en En-uk-I don't know.ogg UK
en [ɑ̈ɪ̯ (d)oʊ̯̃(ʔ)(t̚) noʊ̯] US
en en-us-I don't know.ogg Mid-Atlantic US
tonal
tonal, nasalized en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wreaderick-I don't know (tonal, nasalized).wav
tonal, hummed en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wreaderick-I don't know (tonal, hummed).wav
en əʊ 3
Interjection
Used in response to a question or command in which the target person does not know the answer to or how to respond.
en 1982 You Can't Do That on Television Nickelodeon season 3, episode 11 Mr. Schidtler: Does anybody here have any idea why "Inestine" was regarded as a great scientist? Kevin?Kevin: Oh, uh, I don't know.
Used to indicate that one is speculating (often used sarcastically when stating the obvious).
en Maybe you could, I don't know, directly talk to her about it instead of complaining to me for once?
en UK Used to express exasperation or incredulity about a given situation or person.
en The audacity of that lad... I don't know.
en I don't know
1984, Alasdair, You Can't Do That on Television, Nickelodeon, season 5, episode 24:
I don't know why Blip just shuts off the power and then blames it on the weather.
Antonyms
en I know
Derived terms
en dunno
en iunno
Related terms
en what do I know
Translations
I don’t know
Abkhaz: ab исыздырӡом
Afrikaans: af ek weet nie
Ahtna: aht suʼu
Ainu: ain ㇰエラㇺぺゥテㇰ k=erampewtek
Albanian: sq nuk e di, sq s'e di
Alutiiq: ems nalluwaqa
Ambonese Malay: abs beta seng tau
Arabic: ar لَا أَعْلَمُ, ar لَا أَعْرِف, ar لَسْتُ أَدْرِي, ar لَا أَدْرِي
Egyptian Arabic: arz أنا مش عارف m ʔana miš ʕārif, arz أنا مش عارفة f ʔana miš ʕārfa, arz مش عارف miš ʕārif, arz مش عارفة f miš ʕārfa
Hijazi Arabic: acw ما أعرف mā ʔaʕrif, acw ما أدري mā ʔadri
Moroccan Arabic: ary
South Levantine Arabic: ajp ما بعرفش mā bʕarifeš
Armenian: hy չգիտեմ, hy չեմ գիտեր
Assamese:
Central Assamese: as মই নাজানোঁ, as নাজানোঁ
Eastern Assamese: as মই নেজানোঁ, as নেজানোঁ
Asturian: ast nun sé
Azerbaijani: az bilmirəm
Basque: eu ez dakit
Belarusian: be я не ве́даю, be я не зна́ю, be я ня ве́даю, be я ня зна́ю
Bengali: bn আমি জানি না, bn জানি না
Bikol:
Central Bikol: bcl inda, bcl dai ko aram
Breton: br
Bulgarian: bg не знам
Burmese: my မသိဘူး, my မသိပါဘူး
Catalan: ca no ho sé
Cebuano: ceb wala ko kabalo, ceb wala ko kahibalo, ceb ambot, ceb balo lang
Chechen: ce суна ца хаьа
Cherokee: chr ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ, chr ᏝᏯᏆᏂᏔ
Chichewa: ny sindidziwa
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 我唔知 ngo5 m4 zi1, yue 我唔知道 ngo5 m4 zi1 dou3, yue 我唔識 ngo5 m4 sik1
Hokkien: nan-hbl 我毋知 góa m̄ chai, nan-hbl 我毋知影 góa m̄ chai-iáⁿ
Mandarin: cmn 我不知道 wǒ bù zhīdào
Wu: wuu 我勿曉得 6ngu 8veq 8shiau-teq
Choctaw: cho ak ikháno
Chuvash: cv пӗлместӗп
Coeur d'Alene: crd lut he'ytsmeysn
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: zdj ntsudjua
Crimean Tatar: crh bilmeyim
Czech: cs nevím, cs já nevím
Danish: da jeg ved det ikke, da det ved jeg ikke
Dutch: nl ik weet het niet, nl ik weenie colloquial, nl weet ik veel
Esperanto: eo mi ne scias
Estonian: et ma ei tea
Faroese: fo eg veit ikki
Finnish: fi en tiedä, fi emmä tiiä colloquial
French: fr je ne sais pas, fr je sais pas informal
Galician: gl non sei, gl nom sei
Georgian: ka არ ვიცი
German: de ich weiß nicht, de ich weiß es nicht, de was weiß ich
Old High German: goh
Greek: el δεν ξέρω
Greenlandic: kl nalunarpunga
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: gug ndaikuaái, gug che ndaikuaái
Gujarati: gu હું જાણતો નથી m, gu હું જાણતી નથી f, gu મને નથી ખબર, gu મને ખબર નથી
Haitian Creole: ht mwen pa konnen
Hamer-Banna: amf áiɗa
Hawaiian: haw ʻaʻole au i ʻike
Hebrew: he אני לא יודע m ani lo yodéʿa, he אני לא יודעת f ani lo yodáʿat
Hiligaynon: hil ambot
Hindi: hi मुझे नहीं पता m f, hi मैं नहीं जानता हूँ m, hi मैं नहीं जानती हूँ f, hi मुझको मालूम नहीं है m f
Hungarian: hu nem tudom
Icelandic: is ég veit ekki, is ég veit það ekki
Ido: io me ne savas
Ilocano: ilo diak ammo, ilo jak ammo informal
Indonesian: id saya tidak tahu, aku nggak tau informal, au ah gelap slang
Irish: ga níl a fhios agam
Italian: it boh, it non lo so, it non so, it non saprei
Japanese: ja 知る しりません, shirimasen 知りません, ja 分かる わかりません, wakarimasen 分かりません
Javanese: jv mboh casual
Jeju: jje 몰르쿠다 polite, jje 몰르켜 casual
Jingpho: kac ngai n chye ai
Kankanaey: kne adik ammo
Kannada: kn ನನಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ
Kapampangan: pam tabalu, pam ali ku balu, pam e ku balu
Kazakh:
Arabic: kk بىلمەيمىن
Cyrillic: kk білмеймін
Khakas: kjh пілбинчем
Khmer: km ខ្ញុំមិនដឹងទេ khñom mɨn dəng tei
Korean: ko 모르다 몰라요, ko 모르다 몰라 casual, ko 모르다 모르겠어요 formal
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb نازانم
Northern Kurdish: kmr
Kyrgyz: ky билбейм
Ladino:
Latin: lad no se, lad yo no se
Lakota: lkt matȟáŋiŋ šni, lkt kačhél éš
Lao: lo ຂ້ອຍບໍ່ຮູ້ khǭi bǭ hū
Latin: la nesciō, la īgnōrō
Latvian: lv es nezinu
Limburgish: ich weit ’t neet
Lithuanian: lt nežinau
Macedonian: mk не знам
Malay: ms saya tidak tahu, ms aku tidak tahu
Malayalam: ml എനിക്കറിയില്ല
Maltese: mt ma nafx
Manchu: mnc ᠪᡳ ᠰᠠᡵᠠᡴᡡ
Manx: gv cha nel fys aym
Māori: mi
Marathi: mr मला माहीत नाही, mr मला ठाऊक नाही
Miwok:
Central Sierra Miwok: csm uyu·kˀuwan·kum
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn би мэдэхгүй
Mongolian script: mn ᠪᠢ ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠬᠦ ᠦᠭᠡᠢ
Navajo: nv doo shił bééhózin da
Nootka: nuk hayimḥimaḥ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb jeg vet ikke
Nynorsk: nn eg veit ikkje
Nǀuu: ngh ng ǁu ǁxaea
Occitan: oc sabi pas
Ojibwe: oj endogwen, oj dibi, oj gaawiin ningikendanzii
Old English: ang iċ nāt
Old Saxon: osx ik nēt
Old Tupi: tpw n'aîkuabi
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira مَن نِمیدانَم man nemi-dânam, fa-ira نِمیدانَم, fa-ira نِمیدونَم colloquial, Tehrani
Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih i car foot.
Polish: pl nie wiem, pl nie znam
Portuguese: pt não sei, pt sei lá informal
Romanian: ro nu știu
Russian: ru я не зна́ю, ru не зна́ю
Sami:
Northern Sami: se in dieđẹ
Scots: sco A dinnae ken
Scottish Gaelic: gd chan eil fios agam, gd chan eil fhios agam, gd chan aithne dhomh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh не знам
Latin: sh ne znam
Shor: cjs пилбеенчам pilbeençam
Slovak: sk neviem
Slovene: sl ne vem
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb ja njewěm to
Upper Sorbian: hsb ja to njewěm
Spanish: es no sé, es no lo sé, es lo ignoro
Sundanese: su duka polite, su teuing casual
Swahili: sw sijui
Swedish: sv jag vet inte
Tagalog: tl hindi ko alam, tl aywan ko, tl ewan ko, tl hindi ko po alam respectful
Tajik: tg намедонам
Tamil: ta எனக்கு தெரியாது, ta நான் அறியேன்
Tatar: tt belmim
Tausug: tsg di' ku kaingatan
Telugu: te నాకు తెలియదు
Thai: th ไม่รู้ mâi rúu, th ไม่ทราบ mâi sâap
Turkish: tr bilmiyorum something, tr tanımıyorum someone
Tuvan: tyv билбес мен
Ukrainian: uk я не зна́ю
Urdu: ur مُجھ کو مَعْلُوم نَہِیں ہَے, ur مُجھے نَہِیں پَتَہ
Uyghur: ug بىلمەيمەن
Uzbek: uz bilmayman
Vietnamese: tôi không biết polite, mình không biết informal, pronoun (depending on who is speaking with whom) + không biết general form
Volapük: vo no nolob, vo no sevob
Waray-Waray: war diri ako maaram
Welsh: cy wn i ddim something, cy 'dw i ddim yn nabod someone
Yakut: sah билбэппин
Yiddish: yi איך ווייס נישט, yi איך ווייס ניט
Yoruba: yo n̄ kò mọ̀ ọ́n, yo mi ò mọ̀ ọ́n
Yup'ik: esu naamelliin, esu nalluaqa
Zulu: zu angazi
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