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How to say that you don't know in many languages.
To see other phrases in these languages, just click on the language names.
| Language | I don't know |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Ek weet nie |
| Albanian | Unë nuk e di |
| Amharic | አላውቅም (alawqəm) |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(ma'arafsh) معرفش |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(lā aʻrf) لآ أعرف |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Ես չգիտեմ (Yes ch'gitem) |
| Azeri | Bilmirəm |
| Basque | Ez dakit |
| Belarusian | Я не ведаю (Ja nie viedaju) |
| Bengali | [আমি] জানি ন ([ami] jani na) |
| Bulgarian | Аз не знам (Az ne znam) / Не знам (Ne znam) |
| Catalan | No sé |
| Cherokee | ᎨᏍᏗᎦᏔ (gesdigata) inf ᎨᏍᏗᏱᏥᎦᏔ (gesdiyitsigata) frm |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
我唔知道 (ngóh m̀ jìdou) / 我唔識 (ngóh m̀ sīk) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
我不知 (ngai m' di) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
我不知道 (wǒ bù zhīdào) |
| Corsican | Ùn a sò |
| Croatian | Ne znam |
| Czech | Nevím |
| Danish | Jeg ved ikke |
| Dutch | Ik weet het niet |
| Esperanto | Mi ne scias |
| Estonian | Ma ei tea |
| Filipino | Hindi ko alam |
| Finnish | En tiedä |
| French | Je ne sais pas / Je sais pas / Je pas |
| Galician | Eu non sei |
| Georgian | არ ვიცი (ar vits'i) |
| German | Ich weiß nicht |
| Greek (Modern) | Δεν ξέρω (Den xéro̱) |
| Haitian Creole | Mwen pa konnen |
| Hausa | Ban sani ba |
| Hebrew | אני לא יודע |
| Hindi | मुझे नहीं पता (mujhē nahīṁ patā) |
| Hungarian | Nem tudom |
| Icelandic | Ég veit ekki |
| Ido | Me ne savas |
| Indonesian | Saya tidak tahu |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Níl a fhios agam / Níl fhios agam |
| Italian | Non lo so |
| Japanese | わからない (wakaranai) - inf わかりません (wakarimasen) - frm |
| Kinyarwanda | Simbizi |
| Klingon | jISovbe' |
| Korean | 나도 몰라 (nado molla) |
| Latvian | Es nezinu |
| Lithuanian | Aš nežinau |
| Macedonian | Не знам (Ne znam) |
| Malay | Saya tidak tahu |
| Maltese | Ma nafx |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Cha nel fys aym / Cha 's aym |
| Norwegian | Jeg vet ikke |
| Papiamento | Ami no sa |
| Persian (Farsi) | من نمی دانم |
| Polish | Nie wiem |
| Portuguese | Eu não sei |
| Romanian | Nu ştiu |
| Russian | Я не знаю (Ya ne znayu) |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) |
Non d'isco |
| Scottish Gaelic | Chan eil fios agam |
| Serbian | Не знам (Ne znam) |
| Sicilian | Nun lu sacciu |
| Slovak | Neviem |
| Slovenian | Ne vem |
| Somali | Ma aqaan |
| Spanish | No sé |
| Swahili | Sijui |
| Swedish | Jag vet inte |
| Tatar | Belmim şul |
| Thai | ฉันไม่รู้ (c̄hạn mị̀rū̂) |
| Tigrinya | ኣይፈለጥኩን (Ayfeletikun) |
| Tok Pisin | Mi no save |
| Tsez | Дāьр рийхāну (Dǟr riyxānu) |
| Tswana | Ga ke itse sepe |
| Turkish | Bilmiyorum |
| Ukrainian | Я не знаю (Ya ne znayu) |
| Urdu | مجھے نہیں پتہ |
| Vietnamese | Tôi không biết |
| Võro | Ma ei tiiäq |
| Welsh | Dw i ddim yn gwybod / Dwi'm yn gwbod Wn i ddim / Sa i'n gwybod |
| Yapese | Daagnaanga |
| Yiddish | (ikh veis nit) איך ווייס ניט |
| Yucatec Maya | Má in woojel |
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