I don't understand in many languages

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How to express your incomprehension in numerous languages, with recordings for some of them.

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Language I don't understand
Adyghe КъызгурыІорэп.
Afrikaans Ek verstaan nie
Albanian (Gheg) Nuk kuptôj
Albanian (Tosk) Nuk kuptoj
Aleut Tutalagakuq
Aklan Indi ako ka-intyende
Alsatian Ich versteh nitt
Altay Мен оҥдободым (Men oñdobodım)
Мен аайлабай турум (Men aajlabaj turum)
Amharic አልገባኝም (algäbbaňem) - it didn't enter me
Arabic
(Egyptian)
لا أفهم
(lā afaham)
أنا مش فاهم
m - (ana miš faahim)
أنا مش فاهمة
f - (ana miš fahma)
Arabic
(Lebanese)
Ma befham
Arabic
(Modern Standard)
(lā afham) لا أفهم
Arabic
(Moroccan)
(mafhemtš) ما فهمتش
Arabic
(Syrian)
(māfhemit) مافهمت
Aragonese No repleco
No entiendo
Arapaho Neihoowóé'in
Armenian
(Eastern)
Չեմ հասկանում: (Chem haskanum)
Armenian
(Western)
Չեմ հասկնար: (Chem hasguhnar)
Aromanian Nu acãchisescu
Asante Menté asé
Assamese মই বুজি নাপাওঁ (môi buzi napaû)
Asturian Nun entiendo
Aymara Janiwa entindkti
Azerbaijani Mən sizi başa düşmürəm
Balinese Tiang ten ngresep
Bambara N m'a faamu
N t'a faamu
N t'a mɛn
Bashkir мин аңламайым (min añlamayım)
Basque Ez dut ulertzen
Bavarian I fašde eana ned (frm)
Belarusian Не разумею (Nie razumieju)
Bemba Nshumfwile
Bengali বুঝতে পারিনি। (Bujhte parini)
বুঝতে পারলাম না। (Bujhte parlam na)
Bhojpuri नइखे समझ में आवत (naikhe samajh mein aavat)
Bikol Dai ko nasasabutan
Bislama Mi no kasem save
Mi no harem save
Blaan La gare gu
Bosnian Ne razumijem
Breton Ne gomprenan ket
Bulgarian Не разбирам (Ne razbiram)
Burmese နားမလည္ပၝဘူး။ (nà-mǎleh-ba-bù)
Cape Verdean Creole N ka ta konprende
Catalan No ho entenc
Cebuano Wala ko kasabot
Central Dusun Au oku karati
Au karati (inf)
Chabacano de Cavite No yo ta intindi
Chabacano de Zamboanga Jendeh yo ta entende
Chamorro
(Guam dialect)
Ti hu komprende
Chamorro
(North Marianas dialect)
Ti hu kumprende
Chechen Со ца кхита (So ca qita)
Cherokee Ꮭ ᏱᎪᎵᎦ (Tla yigoliga)
ᎨᏍᏗ ᏱᎪᎵᎢᎦ (Gesdi yigoliga)
Chichewa Sindimvetsa
Sindikumvetsa
Sindikunvetsani
Chinese
(Cantonese)
我唔明白 (ngóh m̀h mìhngbaahk)
Chinese
(Hakka)
𠊎唔明白 (ngai2 m1 min2p'ak8)
Chinese
(Mandarin)
我聽不懂 [我听不懂] (wǒ tīngbùdǒng)
我不懂 (wǒ bù dǒng)
我不明白 (wǒ bù míngbai)
Chinese
(Shanghainese)
我不明白 (wú veqxiohteq)
吾弗懂 (wú fé dōng)
我不懂 (ngú ban dong)
Chinese
(Taiwanese)
我聽無 (góa thiaⁿ-bô)
Chipewyan Súgharestth’įle
Nénéresnįhilé sí
Choctaw Ak akostinincho
Chuukese Use wewe
Chuvash Епӗ ӑнланмастӑп. (Epĕ ănlanmastăp)
Coastal Kadazan Au zou kalati
Comanche Ke nʉ ʉ naki̱supanaʔitʉ
Cornish Ny gonvedhav
Corsican Ùn capiscu micca
Croatian Ne razumijem
Cuyonon Indi ko maintindian
Czech Nerozumím
Nerozumím Ti (inf)
Nerozumím Vám (frm)
Danish Det forstår jeg ikke
Dari (Man namêdânam) من نميدانم
(Na fahmidam) نه فهميدم
Dholuo Pe anyang
Dutch Ik begrijp het niet
Dyula Né ta mé
Dzongkha ང་གིས་ ཧ་མི་གོ་བས།
(Nga gi ha migo wai)
Efik Inwañake mi
Elfdalian Ig festår it
Estonian Ma ei saa aru
Ewe Nye me se eme o
Nye me se egɔme o
Extremaduran No comprendu
Faroese Eg skilji ikki
Fijian Au sa seqa ni kilā
E sega ni macala
Finnish En ymmärrä
Flemish (West) ’k Verstoa je nie
French Je ne comprends pas
Frisian (North - Mooring) Ik begrip dåt ai
Ik ferstönj dåt ai
Frisian (Saterland) Iek begriep dät nit
Frisian (West) Ik begryp net
Friulian No capìs
Galician Non o entendo
Garifuna Úwati gunfarándaná
German Ich verstehe nicht
Georgian არ მესმის (ar mesmis)
Greek (Ancient) Οὐ ξυνίημι (Ou ksyníēmi)
Greek (Modern) Δεν καταλαβαίνω (Then katalavéno)
Greenlandic Paasinngilara
Paasinngilakkit
Paasisinnaannginnakkummi
Guaraní Ndaikuaái la ereséva
Gujarati મને સમજાતું નથી (Mane samajatu nathi)
મને સમજણ પડતી નથી (Mane samajan padti nathi)
Haitian Creole Mwen pa komprann
Hausa Ban gane ba
Hawaiian ʻAʻole au maopopo
Maopopo iaʻu ʻole
Hebrew m - (ani loh mevin) אני לא מבין
f - (ani loh mevinah) אני לא מבינה
Hiligaynon Hindi ko ma-intindihan
Hindi ko ma-intsinde
Indi ko ma gets
Hindi मैं समझा नहीं (maiṁ samajhā nahīṅ) m
मैं समझी नहीं (maiṁ samajhī nahīṅ) f
Hmong (White) Kuv tsis totaub
Hungarian Nem értem
Iban Aku enda mereti
Icelandic Ég skil ekki
Igbo Aghọtaghị m
Aghọtarọ m
Iloko Diak maawatan
Indonesian Saya tidak mengerti
Inuktitut ᑐᑭᓯᓐᖏᑦᑐᖕ (Tukisinngittung)
Iñupiaq Kangiqsinngittunga
Kaŋiqsiŋitchuŋa
Irish (Gaelic) Ní thuigim
Cha dtuigim (Ul)
Italian Non capisco
Non ho capito
Italian (Roman dialect) Nun capisco
Jamaican Mi nuh undastand
Japanese わかりません (wakarimasen) - frm
わからない (wakaranai) - inf
Javanese ꦏꦸꦭꦧꦺꦴꦠꦼꦤ꧀ꦩꦔꦼꦂꦠꦺꦴꦱ꧀
(Kula bọten mangertọs) (Kromo Inggil)
ꦲꦏꦸꦲꦺꦴꦫꦩꦸꦣꦼꦁ
(Aku ora mudeng) (Ngoko)
Jèrriais Jé n'comprends pon
Kabiye Maanɩwυ
Kabyle Ur fhimmeγ ara mliḥ
Kalmyk Би медҗәхшв (Bi medjädxšv)
Kashubian Nje rozmjejã
Jô nie rozmiejã
Kannada ತಿಳೀ’ಲಿಲ್ಲ (tiḷī'lilla)
ನನಗ್ ಅರ್ಥ ಆಗ್’ಲಿಲ್ಲ (nanag artha āg'lilla)
Kazakh Мен түсінбеймін (Men tüsinbeymin)
Khmer មិនយល់ទេ (mĭn yôl té)
Kinyarwanda Simbyumva
Khoekhoe (Nama) ǁNâu!a tama ta ge hâ.
Kiribati I aki oota
Komi Ме тіянӧс ог гӧгӧрво (Me tîǎnös og gögörvo)
Korean 모르겠습니다 (moreugesseumnida)
Kumyk Англамадым
(Anglamadım)
Kurdish (Kurmanji) Ez fam nakim (frm)
Ez fam nakem (frm)
Kurdish (Sorani) (Tênagim) تێ ناگه م
(Mn te nagem) من تێ ناگەم
Kyrgyz Түшүнгөн жокмун (Tüshüngön jokmun)
Lakota Sioux Owákaȟniǧe šni
Lao ບໍ່ເຂົ້າໃຈ (baw khào ja̖i)
Latin Nullo intellego
Nescio
Latvian Es nesaprotu
Laz მა ვარ ოგნაფს (Ma var ognaps)
Limburgish Ich versjtaon ut neet
Ich begriep 't neet
Lingala Na zali kososola té
Nazo yóka elóko mókó té
Lithuanian Aš nesuprantu
Livonian Minā äb sō arū.
Livvi-Karelian En ellendä
Low Saxon Ik verstah dat nich
Lozi Ni ni utwisisi
Luganda Sitegeera
Lule Sámi Iv dádjada
Luxembourgish Ech verstinn net
Macedonian Не разбирам (Ne razbiram)
Magahi समझ में नयँ ऐलो /səməd͡ʒʱ mẽː nəẽ æːloː/
Maithili Ham nai bujhali
Malagasy Tsy azoko
Malay Saya tidak faham
Malayalam എനിക്ക് മനസ്സിലായില്ല
(enikku manassilāyilla)
Maldivian (Ahannakah neyngunu) އަހަނނަކަހ ނޭނގުނު
Maltese M'inix nifhem
Mhux qiegħed nifhem
Ma nifhimx
Mhux nifhem
Manx (Gaelic) Cha nel mee toiggal
Māori Kaore au e mārama
Aroha mai
Marathi मला समजत नाही (malā samajata nāhī)
Marshallese Ijab meļeļe
Mauritian Creole Mo pa kompran
Mazandarani (mere háli nebune) مه ره هالی نبونه
Mohawk Iah tewake'nikonhraien:ta's
Mongolian Би ойлгохгүй байна (Bi oilgokhgüi baina)
Mordvin Мон тынк а чаркодян (Mon tynk a čarkodǎn)
Mossi Mam pa wumd ye
Muscogee (Creek / Seminole) Kerrvkot os
Kerrvkos
Kerraks
Nahuatl Ahmo nitlacaqui
Navajo Doo ndiists'a' da
Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) Angizwa
Ndebele (Southern) Angizwsisi
Nenets Ман’ сит нидм’ хамадамбю’
(Man’ sit nidm’ hamadambǔ’)
Nepali मैले बुझिनँ (maile bujhinã)
Newari / Nepal Bhasa जिं मथुल । (jiṅ mathula)
Niuean Ai maama e au
Nākai maama
Nogai Туьсинмеймен, анъламайман
Northern Sámi Mun in ádde
Mun in ipmir
Northern Sotho Ga ke kwešiše
Ha ke o utlwisisi
Norwegian Jeg skjønner ikke (BM)
Jeg forstår ikke (BM)
Eg forstår ikkje (NN)
Nyanja Sindinamve
Occitan Compreni pas
Okinawan 分かやびらん (wakayabiran) - frm
分からん (wakaran) - inf
Oriya ମୁଁ ବୁଝି ପାରୁ ନାହ (Mũ bujhi pāru nāhĩ)
Oshiwambo Kandi uditeko
Ossetian Æз уæ æмбарын нe 'мбарын
(Æz uæ æmbaryn ne 'mbaryn)
Palauan Ng dial kudengei
Papiamento Mi no ta comprende bo
Mi no a compronde bo
Pashto (za na poheegum) زه نه پوهيرم
Persian (Farsi) (nemifahmam) نمي فهمم
(motevajjeh nemisham) متوجه نميشم
Picard Éj n'comprinds poin
Pohnpeian I sohte wehwehki
Polish Nie rozumiem
Portuguese Não compreendo
Não percebo
Portuguese (Brazilian) Eu não estou entendendo
Não entendi
Punjabi ਮੈਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਮਝਿਆ। / میں نہیں سمجھیا (mẽ nahī̃ samájiā)
Quechua Mana hapisanichu
Mana intindinichu
Rapa Nui Kai angi-angi 'ana au
Romanian Nu înțeleg
Romansh Jau na chapesch betg
Romani Či hačarav
Ni hačarav
Ni hačarav tut
Ni razumiv
Ni razumiv tut
Russian Я не понимаю (Ya ne ponimayu)
Rusyn Не розумлю (He rozumlju)
Sakha Өйдөөбөтүм (øjdøøbøtym)
Samoan 'Ou te lē mālamalama
Samogitian Nesopronto
Nasopronto
Sanskrit नावगच्छामि (nāvagacchāmi)
Sardinian (Logudorese) No happo cumpresu
No happo cumprendidu
No cumprendo
Sauk Âkwi nenohtônânini
Scots A dinnae unnerstaun
A dinnae forstaw
Scottish Gaelic Chan eil mi 'tuigsinn
Serbian Не разумем (Ne razumem)
Serrano Qayn 'enan
Sesotho Ha ke utlwisise
Shona Handisi kunyaso nzwisisa
Sicilian Nun lu capisciu [nun lu kaˈpiʃʃu]
Sidama Yottotta di-maachchishommo
Sindhi مان نـ سمجهيس
Sinhala මට ඔබව තේරැමි ගන්න බැනැ
(mata obava therum ganna baha)
Slovak Nerozumiem
Slovenian Ne razumem
Somali Maan fahmin
Sorbian (Lower) Njerozmějom
Sorbian (Upper) Njerozumju
Southern Sámi Im guarkah
Spanish No entiendo
No comprendo
Stellingwarfs Ik begriep 't niet
Sundanese Teu ngartos
Swahili Sielewi
Swazi Angiva
Swedish Jag förstår inte
Swiss German Ich verstand nit
Tabassaran Ихъди шулдаза (Ichdi šuldaza)
Ахъраза (Achraza)
Изу гъагъурди хьундаза
(Izu ḡaḡurdi chundaza)
Tagalog Hindi ko naiintindihan
Tahitian Aita i papu ia'u
Tajik Нафаҳмидам (Nafaḩmidam)
Ман нaмефаҳмам (Man namefaḩmam)
Ман нафаҳмидам (Man nafaḩmidam)
Tamil (formal) புரியவில்லை (puriyavillai) [ml] [fm]
Tamil (informal) புரியல (purila) [fm]
Tatar Min añlamim
Telugu నాకు అర్ధం కాలేదు (naaku ardhaṅ kaalaedhu)
అర్ధం కాదు (artam kaadu)
Tetum Ha'u la comprende
Ha'u la hatene
Thai ไม่เข้าใจ (mâi khâo jai)
Tibetan ཧ་གོ་མ་སོང་། (ha ko-masong)
Tigrinya ኣይተረድኣኒን (Aytered’Anin)
Tokelauan Ko au e hē mālamalama
Tok Pisin Mi no harim tok bilong yu
Tongan ‘ikai mahino
Tsonga A ni swi twisisi
Tsez Баркала (Barkala)
Tsotsil Mu xka'i
Tswana Ga ke tlhaloganye
Tumbuka Nkhupulika yayi
Turkish Anlamıyorum
Anlamadım
Turkmen Düşümedim
Men düşünemok
Men düşümedim
Tuvaluan Au e sē malamalama.
Twi Mente aseɛ
Udmurt Мыным валантем (Mynym valantem)
Уг валаськы мон (Ug valas’ky mon)
Ukrainian Я не розумію (Ja ne rozumiju)
Urdu m - (main samjha nahin) میں سمجھا نہی
f - (main samjhi nahin) میں سمجھا نہی
Uyghur (Män chüshänmidim) مەن چۈشەنمىدىم
Uzbek Men tushunmayapman (frm)
Tushunmayapman (inf)
Venda A thi pfesesi
Venetian No capiso!
No go capio!
Veps Minä en el'genda sindai
Vietnamese Tôi không hiểu
Võro Ma saa-i arvo
Votic Minä en eľgenda
Walloon Dji n'comprind nén
Wayuu Nnojoishi ayawaatüin saa'u (m)
Nnojotsü ayawaatüin saa'u (f)
Welsh Dw i ddim yn deall
West Kayah (Red Karen) ꤠꤢ꤭ ꤞꤢꤧꤑꤢꤩ꤭ ꤒꤟꤢ꤭ꤕꤜꤢꤨꤒꤥ꤬ [va³ θɛɲe³ ta̤³ pluto¹]
Westrobothnian Ja begrijpint
Wolof Dégguma
Xhosa Andiqondi
Yiddish (Ikh farshtey nisht) איך פארשטיי נישט
Yolngu Ŋarra moma
Yoruba Ko ye emi
Yucatec Maya Má tin naátik
Zazaki Ez fam nêkena
Zulu Angizwa
Auxiliary and constructed languages
Esperanto Mi ne komprenas
Interlingua Io non comprende
Klingon jIyajbe'
Lojban je'enai
.i mi na jimpe
Quenya Umin hanyan
Sindarin ú-chenian
Toki Pona mi sona ala
Volapük No suemob atosi

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