Phrases |
'Useful' phrases |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Language-related proverbs
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| Language | I don't understand |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Ek verstaan nie [ɛk fərstaˌn niˌ] |
| Albanian | Nuk kuptoj |
| Alsatian | Ich versteh nitt |
| Amharic | አልገባኝም (ʾälgäbañəm) |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(ana miš fāhim) أنا مش فاهم |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(lā afham) لا أفهم |
| Arabic (Moroccan) |
(mafhemtš) مافهمتش |
| Arabic (Syrian) |
(māfhemit) مافهمت |
| Aragonese | No repleco |
| Arapaho | neihoowóé'in |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Չեմ հասկանում: (Chem haskanum) |
| Aromanian | Nu acãchisescu |
| Asante | Menté asé |
| Asturian | Nun pescancio |
| Azerbaijani | Mən sizi başa düşmürəm |
| Basque | Ez dut ulertzen |
| Belarusian | Не разумею (Ne razumeyu) |
| Bengali | বুঝতে পারি নি। (bujhte pari ni) বুঝতে পারলাম না। (bujhte parlam na) |
| Bosnian | Ne razumijem |
| Breton | Ne gomprenan ket [ne gɔ̃mpʁenãn ket] |
| Bulgarian | Не разбирам (Ne razbiram) |
| Burmese | နားမလည္ပၝဘူး။ (nà-mǎleh-ba-bù) |
| Cape Verdean | N ka ta konprende |
| Catalan | No ho entenc |
| Chamorro | Ti hu komprende |
| Chechen | Со ца кхита (So ca qiet) |
| Cherokee | ᏝᎢᎪᎵᎦ (tlaigoliga) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
我唔明白 (ngóh m̀ mìhngbaahk) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
𠊎唔明白 (ngai2 mm mingpakh) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
我聽不懂
[我听不懂] (wǒ tīngbùdǒng) 我不懂 (wǒ bùdǒng), 我不明白 (wǒ bù míngbai) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
我聽無 gua2 thian-bo0 |
| Choctaw | Ak akostinincho |
| Comanche | Ke n |
| Cornish | Nu gonvedhas / Ne ellam convethas |
| Corsican | Ùn capiscu micca |
| Croatian | Ne razumijem |
| Czech | Nerozumím |
| Danish | Det forstår jeg ikke |
| Dutch | Ik begrijp het niet |
| Dyula | Né ta mé |
| Esperanto | Mi ne komprenas [mi ne kom'prenas] |
| Estonian | Ma ei saa aru |
| Faroese | Eg skilji ikki |
| Fijian | E sega ni macala |
| Finnish | En ymmärrä [ɛn 'ymːærːæ] |
| French | Je ne comprends pas [ʒə nə cõ'pʁɑ̃ 'pa] |
| Frisian (North) | Ik begrip dåt ai |
| Frisian (Saterfrisian) | Iek begriep dät nit |
| Frisian (West) | Ik begryp it net |
| Friulian | No capiš un dret! |
| Galician | Non entendo |
| German | Ich verstehe nicht [ɪç fə'ʃteːə nɪçt] |
| Georgian | არ მესმის (ar mesmis) |
| Greek | Δεν καταλαβαίνω (Then katalavéno) |
| Greenlandic | Paasinngilara |
| Guarani | Ndaikuaái la ereséva |
| Gujarati | સમજણ પટતી નથી (samajaṇa paṭatī nathī) |
| Haitian Creole | Mwen pa komprann |
| Hawaiian | Maopopo iaʻu ʻole |
| Hebrew | m - (ani loh mevin)
אני לא מבין f - (ani loh mevinah) אני לא מבינה |
| Hindi | मैं समझ नहीं पा रहा हूँ।
(Maiṁ samajh nahṁ pā rahā hūṁ) - m मैं समझ नहीं पा रही हूँ। (Maiṁ samajh nahṁ pā rahī hūṁ) - f |
| Hmong | Kuv tsis to-taub, Kuv tsis meej pem li |
| Hungarian | Nem értem |
| Icelandic | Ég skil það ekki |
| Indonesian | Saya tidak mengerti |
| Inuktitut | ᑐᑭᓯᓐᖏᑦᑐᖕ (Tukisinngittung) |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Ní thuigim Cha dtuigim (Ulster) |
| Italian | Non capisco Non ho capito |
| Italian (Roman dialect) | Nun capisco |
| Japanese | わかりません
(wakarimasen) わからない (wakaranai) - informal |
| Javanese | kulo mboten mangertos |
| Jèrriais | Jé n'comprends pon |
| Karelian | Minä en ellendä |
| Kashubian | Jô nie rozmiejã |
| Kazakh | Мен түсінбеймін (Men tüsinbeymin) |
| Khmer | 
(kh'nyohm muhn yuhl te)
|
| Kinyarwanda | Sinumva |
| Kiribati | I aki oota |
| Klingon | jIyajbe' |
| Komi | Ме тіянӧс ог гӧгӧрво (Me tîǎnös og gögörvo) |
| Korean | 모르겠습니다 (moreugesseumnida) |
| Kurdish | تێ ناگه م |
| Kyrgyz | Түшүнбөдүм (Tüšünbödüm) |
| Lao | ບໍ່ເຂົ້າໃຈ (baw khào ja̖i) |
| Latin | Nullo intellego / Nescio |
| Latvian | Es nesaprotu |
| Limburgish | Ich versjtaon neet, Ich begriep 't neet |
| Lingala | Na zali kososola té |
| Lithuanian | Aš nesuprantu |
| Livonian | Ma äb so aru |
| Lojban | mi na jimpe |
| Luganda | Ssitegeera |
| Luxembourgish | Ech verstinn net |
| Macedonian | Не разбирам (Ne razbiram) |
| Malagasy | Tsy azoko |
| Malay | Saya tidak faham |
| Maltese | M'inix nifhem / Mhux qiegħed nifhem / Ma nifhimx / Mhux nifhem |
| Manx | Cha nel mee toiggal |
| Māori | Kaore au e mārama / Aroha mai |
| Marathi | मला नाही समजत (malā nāhī samjat) |
| Mauritian Creole | Mo pas compran |
| Mohawk | Iah tewake'nikonhraien:ta's |
| Mongolian | Би ойлгохгүй байна (Bi oilgokhgui baina) |
| Mordvin | Мон тынк а чаркодян (Mon tynk a čarkodǎn) |
| Nenets | Ман’ сит нидм’ хамадамбю’ (Man’ sit nidm’ hamadambǔ’) |
| Nepali | मैले बुझिन (maile bujhina) |
| Norwegian | Jeg skjønner ikke / Jeg forstår ikke (Bokmål) Eg forstår ikkje (Nynorsk) |
| Nyanja | Sindinamve |
| Occitan | Compreni pas |
| Pashto | زه پوه نه شوم |
| Persian | (nemifahmam) نمي فهمم (motevajjeh nemisham) متوجه نميشم |
| Polish | Nie rozumiem |
| Portuguese | Não percebo/compreendo (Portugal) Eu não estou entendendo, Não entendi (Brazil) |
| Punjabi | ਮੈਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਮਝਦਾ (maiṅ hīṅ samajhadā) |
| Quechua | Mana japikkana |
| Quenya | umin hanyan |
| Romanian | Nu înţeleg |
| Romany | Či hačarav |
| Russian | Я не понимаю (Ya ne ponimaju) |
| Saami | Mun in ádde |
| Samoan | Ou te le malama lama |
| Sardianian | Non lu cumprendo |
| Scots | A dinna unnerstaund, A dinna lift |
| Scottish Gaelic | Chan eil mi 'tuigsinn |
| Serbian | Не разумем (Ne razumem) |
| Sesotho | Ha ke utlwisise |
| Shona | Handisi kunyaso nzwisisa |
| Sindarin | ú-chenian |
| Slovak | Nerozumiem |
| Slovenian | Ne razumem |
| Somali | Maan fahmin |
| Spanish | No entiendo No comprendo |
| Stellingwarfs | Ik begriep 't niet |
| Swahili | Sifahamu |
| Swazi | Angiva |
| Swedish | Jag förstår inte |
| Tagalog | Hindí ko náiintindihan |
| Tahitian | Aita i papu ia'u |
| Tamil | புரியவில்லை (puriyavillai) |
| Tajik | Ман намефаҳмам (Man namefaḩmam) |
| Tatar | Min añlamin |
| Telugu | నాకు అర్ధం కాలేదు ! – (naaku ardhaṅ kaalaedhu!) |
| Tetum | Ha'u la hatene |
| Thai | ไม่เข้าใจ (mâi khâo jai) |
| Tibetan | ཧ་གོ་མ་སོང་། (ha ko-masong) |
| Tigrinya | ኣይተረድኣንን (ayteredann) |
| Tongan | 'Oku 'ikai mahino kiate au |
| Tsez | Ди бич1зи рохъхāну (Di bičʼzi roqxānu) |
| Tswana | Ga ke tlhaloganye |
| Turkish | Anlamıyorum, Anlamadım |
| Turkmen | Мен дүшүнемок (Men düšünemok) |
| Udmurt | Мыным валантем (Mynym valantem) |
| Ukrainian | Я не розумію (Ja ne rozumiju) |
| Urdu | (main samjha nahin [m] / main samjhi nahin [f]) میں سمجھا نہی |
| Uzbek | Men tushunmayapman (frm) |
| Vietnamese | Tôi không hiểu |
| Volapük | No kapälob |
| Votic | Minä en eľgenda |
| Welsh | Dw i ddim yn deall |
| Xhosa | Andiva |
| Yiddish | (Ikh farshtey dos nit) איך פֿאַרשטיי דאָס ניט |
| Yorùbá | Ko ye emi |
| Zulu | Angizwa |
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