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| Language | I understand | I don't understand |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Ek verstaan | Ek verstaan nie |
| Albanian | Unë e kuptoj | Nuk kuptoj |
| Alsatian | Ich versteh | Ich versteh nitt |
| Amharic | ገባኝ (gebany) | አልገባኝም (algebanymi) |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
m (ana faahim) أنا فاهم f (ana fahma) أنا فاهم |
m (ana miš faahim) أنا مش فاهم f (ana miš fahma) أنا مش فاهم |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(lā afham) لا أفهم | |
| Arabic (Moroccan) |
(fhemt) فهمت | (mafhemtš) ما فهمتش |
| Arabic (Syrian) |
(māfhemit) مافهمت | |
| Aragonese | No repleco | |
| Arapaho | neihoowóé'in | |
| Armenian (Eastern) | Չեմ հասկանում: (Chem haskanum) | |
| Aromanian | Nu acãchisescu | |
| Asante | Menté asé | |
| Assamese | মই বুজি পাওঁ (moi buji pow) |
মই বুজি নাপাওঁ (moi buji napow) |
| Asturian | Nun pescancio | |
| Azerbaijani | Mən sizi başa düşmürəm | |
| Basque | Dut ulertzen | Ez dut ulertzen |
| Belarusian | Разумею | Не разумею (Ne razumeyu) |
| Bengali | আপনি কি বুঝতে পারছেন (apni ki bujhte parchhen) |
বুঝতে পারি নি। (bujhte pari ni) বুঝতে পারলাম না। (bujhte parlam na) |
| Bhojpuri | हमके समझ मेँ न आयल (hamake samajh mein na āyal) |
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| 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 | Entenc | No ho entenc |
| Chamorro | Ti hu komprende | |
| Chechen | Со ца кхита (So ca qiet) | |
| Cherokee | ᎪᎵᎦ (goliga) | ᏝᎢᎪᎵᎦ (Tlaigoliga) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
我明白嘞 (ngóh mìhngbaahk la) |
我唔明白 (ngóh m̀h mìhngbāhk) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
𠊎明白 (ngai2 min2p'ak8) | 𠊎唔明白 (ngai2 m1 min2p'ak8) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
我聽得懂 [我听得懂] (wǒ tīngdédǒng) 我懂 (wǒ dǒng) 我明白 (wǒ míngbai) |
我聽不懂
[我听不懂] (wǒ tīngbùdǒng) 我不懂 (wǒ bùdǒng) 我不明白 (wǒ bù míngbai) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
我明白 (nguh xiohteq) | 我不明白 (nguh veqxiohteq) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
我聽無 gua2 thian-bo0 | |
| Choctaw | Ak akostinincho | |
| Comanche | Ke n |
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| Cornish | Nu gonvedhas / Ne ellam convethas | |
| Corsican | Ùn capiscu micca | |
| Croatian | Razumijem | Ne razumijem |
| Czech | Rozumím | Nerozumím |
| Danish | Jeg forstår | Det forstår jeg ikke |
| Dutch | Ik begrijp | Ik begrijp het niet |
| Dyula | Né ta mé | |
| Esperanto | Mi komprenas | Mi ne komprenas |
| Estonian | Ma saan aru | Ma ei saa aru |
| Faroese | Eg skilji ikki | |
| Fijian | Au sega ni taura rawa | |
| Finnish | Ymmärrän | En ymmärrä |
| French | Je comprends | Je ne comprends pas |
| Frisian (North) | Ik begrip dåt ai | |
| Frisian (Saterfrisian) | Iek begriep dät nit | |
| Frisian (West) | Ik begryp it net | |
| Friulian | No capiš un dret! | |
| Galician | Entendo | Non entendo |
| German | Ich verstehe | Ich verstehe nicht |
| Georgian | მე მესმის (me mesmis) | არ მესმის (ar mesmis) |
| Greek | Καταλαβαίνω (Katalavéno) | Δεν καταλαβαίνω (Then katalavéno) |
| Greenlandic | Paasinngilara / Paasinngilakkit / Paasisinnaannginnakkummi | |
| Guarani | Ndaikuaái la ereséva | |
| Gujarati | સમજાયું (samj&x#0101;yung) | સમજણ પટતી નથી (samajaṇa paṭatī nathī) |
| Haitian Creole | Mwen konprann | Mwen pa komprann |
| Hausa | Na gani | Ban gane ba |
| Hawaiian | Maopopo iaʻu ʻole | |
| Hebrew | m - (ani loh mevin)
אני לא מבין f - (ani loh mevinah) אני לא מבינה |
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| Hindi | मैं समझ गया (maiṁ samajh gayā) m मैं समझ गयी (maiṁ samajh gayī) f |
मैं समझा नहीं (maiṁ samajhā nahīṅ) m मैं समझी नहीं (maiṁ samajhī nahīṅ) f |
| Hmong | Kuv tsis to-taub, Kuv tsis meej pem li | |
| Hungarian | Megértem | Nem értem |
| Icelandic | Ég skil | Ég skil það ekki |
| Indonesian | Saya mengerti | Saya tidak mengerti |
| Inuktitut | ᑐᑭᓯᓐᖏᑦᑐᖕ (Tukisinngittung) | |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Tuigim | Ní thuigim / Cha dtuigim (Ulster) |
| Italian | Capisco | Non capisco Non ho capito |
| Italian (Roman dialect) | Capisco | Nun capisco |
| Japanese | わかります (wakarimasu) わかる (wakaru) inf |
わかりません (wakarimasen) わからない (wakaranai) inf |
| Javanese | kulo mboten mangertos | |
| Jèrriais | Jé comprends | Jé n'comprends pon |
| Karelian | Minä en ellendä | |
| Kashubian | Jô nie rozmiejã | |
| Kannada | ತಿಳೀ’ಲಿಲ್ಲ
(tiḷī'lilla) ನನಗ್ ಅರ್ಥ ಆಗ್’ಲಿಲ್ಲ (nanag artha āg'lilla) |
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| Kazakh | Мен түсінбеймін (Men tüsinbeymin) | |
| Khmer | មិនយល់ទេ (min yuhl dtay) | |
| 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 | Intellego | Nullo intellego / Nescio |
| Latvian | Es saprotu | Es nesaprotu |
| Limburgish | Ich versjtaon neet, Ich begriep 't neet | |
| Lingala | Na zali kososola té | |
| Lithuanian | Aš suprantu | Aš nesuprantu |
| Livonian | Ma äb so aru | |
| Lojban | i mi jimpe/je'e | |
| Luganda | Ssitegeera | |
| Luxembourgish | Ech verstinn net | |
| Macedonian | Не разбирам (Ne razbiram) | |
| Malagasy | Tsy azoko | |
| Malay | Saya faham | Saya tidak faham |
| Malayalam | എനിക്ക് മനസ്സിലായില്ല (enikku manassilāyilla) | |
| Maltese | Fhimt / Fhimtek / Nifhem / Qed nifhmek | M'inix nifhem / Mhux qiegħed nifhem / Ma nifhimx / Mhux nifhem |
| Manx | Ta mee toiggal | 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 ойлгой байна (Bi oilgoj baina) | Би ойлгохгүй байна (Bi oilgokhgüi 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 forstår | Jeg skjønner ikke / Jeg forstår ikke (Bokmål) Eg forstår ikkje (Nynorsk) |
| Nyanja | Sindinamve | |
| Occitan | Compreni pas | |
| Pashto | (za poheegum) زه پوهيرم | (za na poheegum) زه نه پوهيرم |
| Persian | (nemifahmam) نمي فهمم (motevajjeh nemisham) متوجه نميشم | |
| Polish | Rozumiem | Nie rozumiem |
| Portuguese | Compreendo (Portugal) Entendo (Brazil) |
Não percebo/compreendo (Portugal) Eu não estou entendendo, Não entendi (Brazil) |
| Punjabi | ਮੈਂ ਸਮਝਿਆ / میں سمجھیاں (main samijhia) | ਮੈਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਮਝਿਆ। / میں نہیں سمجھیا (mẽ nahī̃ samájiā) |
| Quechua | Intindini / Hapisani | Mana hapisanichu / Mana intindinichu |
| Quenya | umin hanyan | |
| Romanian | Am înţeles | Nu înţeleg |
| Romansh | Jau chapesch | Jau na chapesch betg |
| Romany | Či hačarav | |
| Russian | Я понимаю (Ya ponimaju) | Я не понимаю (Ya ne ponimaju) |
| Saami | Mun in ádde | |
| Samoan | Ou te le malamalama | |
| Sardinian | Non cumprenno / Non lu cumprendo | |
| Scots | A dinna unnerstaund, A dinna lift | |
| Scottish Gaelic | Chan eil mi 'tuigsinn | |
| Serbian | Razumem | Не разумем (Ne razumem) |
| Sesotho | Ha ke utlwisise | |
| Shona | Handisi kunyaso nzwisisa | |
| Sindarin | ú-chenian | |
| Sinhala | mata terenavaa | මට ඔබව තේරැමි ගන්න බැනැ (mata obava therum ganna baha) |
| Slovak | Rozumiem | Nerozumiem |
| Slovenian | Razumem | Ne razumem |
| Somali | Waan fahmay | Maan fahmin |
| Spanish | Entiendo / Comprendo | No entiendo No comprendo |
| Stellingwarfs | Ik begriep 't niet | |
| Sundanese | Muhun ngartos | Teu ngartos |
| Swahili | Naelewa / Mimi kuelewa | Sifahamu |
| Swazi | Angiva | |
| Swedish | Jag förstår | Jag förstår inte |
| Tagalog | Hindi ko naiintindihan | |
| Tahitian | Aita i papu ia'u | |
| Tajik | Ман намефаҳмам (Man namefaḩmam) | |
| Tamil | புரியவில்லை (puriyavillai) | |
| Tatar | Añlıym | Min añlamim |
| Telugu | నాకు అర్ధం కాలేదు ! – (nāku ardhaṅ kālaedhu!) | |
| Tetum | Hau la comprende / Hau la hatene | |
| Thai | เข้าใจแล้ว (kâo jai láew) |
ไม่เข้าใจ (mâi khâo jai) |
| Tibetan | ཧ་གོ་མ་སོང་། (ha ko-masong) | |
| Tigrinya | ኣይተረድኣንን (ayteredann) | |
| Tongan | 'Oku mahino kiate 'au | ‘ikai mahino |
| Tsez | Ди бич1зи рохъхāну (Di bičʼzi roqxānu) | |
| Tswana | Ke a tlhaloganya | Ga ke tlhaloganye |
| Turkish | Anlıyorum | Anlamıyorum, Anlamadım |
| Turkmen | Мен дүшүнемок (Men düšünemok) | |
| Udmurt | Мыным валантем (Mynym valantem) | |
| Ukrainian | Я розумію (Ja rozumiju) | Я не розумію (Ja ne rozumiju) |
| Urdu | میں سمجھا نہی (main samjha nahin [m] main samjhi nahin [f]) |
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| Uzbek | Men tushunmayapman (frm) | |
| Venetian | No capisso! No go capio! | |
| Vietnamese | Tôi hiểu | Tôi không hiểu |
| Volapük | No kapälob | |
| Votic | Minä en eľgenda | |
| Welsh | Dw i'n deall | Dw i ddim yn deall |
| Wolof | Dégg naa | Dégguma |
| Xhosa | Andiva | |
| Yiddish | (Ikh farshtey dos nit) איך פֿאַרשטיי דאָס ניט | |
| Yorùbá | Ko ye emi | |
| Zulu | Angizwa |
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