I don't know

English

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Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): [ɑɪ̯ ɾoʊ̯(ʔ)t̚ noʊ̯]
Audio (UK) (file)

Phrase

I don't know

A phrase used in response to a question or command in which the target person does not know the answer to or how to respond.
- 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.
A reason and common excuse used to state that a person is unclear of why something did or did not happen, or is or is not the case.
- 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

I know

Derived terms

dunno

Translations

I don’t know

Abkhaz: исыздырӡом (isəzdərʒom)
Afrikaans: ek weet nie (af)
Albanian: nuk e di, s'e di
Alutiiq: nalluwaqa
Arabic: لَا أَعْرِف‎ (lā ʾaʿrif), لَسْتُ أَدْرِي‎ (lastu ʾadrī), لَا أَعْلَم‎ (lā ʾaʿlam), لَا أَدْرِي‎ (lā ʾadrī)
Armenian: չգիտեմ (čʿgitem)
Assamese:
Central: মই নাজানোঁ (moi nazanü̃), নাজানোঁ (nazanü̃)

Eastern: মই নেজানোঁ (moi nezanü̃), নেজানোঁ (nezanü̃)
Asturian: nun sé
Azerbaijani: bilmirəm
Basque: ez dakit
Belarusian: я не ве́даю (ja nje vjédaju), я не зна́ю (ja nje znáju)
Bengali: আমি জানি না (ami jani na), জানি না (jani na)
Bikol Central: ^{(please verify)} dae ko aram
Breton: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: не знам (ne znam)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: no ho sé
Cebuano: wala ko kabalo, wala ko kahibalo, ambot, balo lang
Central Sierra Miwok: uyu·kˀuwan·kum
Chechen: суна ца хаьа (suna ca χäa)
Cherokee: ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ (yitsigataha), ᏝᏯᏆᏂᏔ (tlayaquanita)
Chichewa: sindidziwa
Chinese:
Cantonese: 我唔知 (ngo⁵ m⁴ zi¹), 我唔知道 (ngo⁵ m⁴ zi¹ dou³), 我唔識, 我唔识 (ngo⁵ m⁴ sik¹)

Mandarin: 我不知道 (wǒ bù zhīdào)

Min Nan: 我毋知 (góa m̄-chai), 我毋知影 (góa m̄-chai-iáⁿ)
Choctaw: ak ikháno
Coeur d'Alene: lut he'ytsmeysn
Crimean Tatar: bilmeyim
Czech: nevím, já nevím
Danish: jeg ved det ikke
Dutch: ik weet het niet, ik weenie (in modern spoken language)
Esperanto: mi ne scias
Estonian: ma ei tea
Faroese: eg veit ikki
Finnish: en tiedä
French: je ne sais pas, je sais pas (informal)
Galician: non sei
Georgian: არ ვიცი (ar vici)
German: ich weiß nicht, ich weiß es nicht
Greek: δεν ξέρω (den xéro)
Greenlandic: nalunarpunga
Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} મને જાણતું નચી (mane jāṇtũ nathī)
Hawaiian: ʻaʻole au i ʻike
Hebrew: אני לא יודע‎ m (ani lo yodéʿa), אני לא יודעת‎ f (ani lo yodáʿat)
Hiligaynon: ambot
Hindi: मुझे नहीं पता m or f (mujhe nahī̃ patā), मैं नहीं जानता हूँ m (ma͠i nahī̃ jāntā hū̃), मैं नहीं जानती हूँ f (ma͠i nahī̃ jāntī hū̃), मुझको मालूम नहीं है m or f (mujhko mālūm nahī̃ hai)
Hungarian: nem tudom
Icelandic: ég veit ekki, ég veit það ekki
Ido: me ne savas
Ilocano: diak ammo
Indonesian: saya tidak tahu, aku nggak tau (informal), au ah gelap (slang)
Javanese: mboh (casual, a bit rude, peers only)

Sundanese: duka (polite), teuing (casual, a bit rude, peers only)
Irish: níl a fhios agam
Italian: non lo so, non so, non saprei
Japanese: 知りません (しりません, shirimasen), 分かりません (わかりません, wakarimasen)
Jingpho: ngai n chye ai
Kapampangan: tabalu
Kazakh: білмеймін (bilmeymin)

Khakas: пілбинчем (pílbinçem)
Khmer: ខ្ញុំមិនដឹងទេ (knyom mɨn dəŋ tei)
Korean: 몰라요 (mollayo), (casual) 몰라 (molla), (formal) 모르겠어요 (moreugesseoyo)
Kurdish:
Sorani: نازانم‎ (nazanim)
Kyrgyz: билбейм (bilbeym)
Lakota: matȟáŋiŋ šni, kačhél éš
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: nesciō, īgnōrō
Latvian: es nezinu
Limburgish: ich weit ’t neet
Lithuanian: nežinau
Macedonian: не знам (ne znam)
Malay: saya tidak tahu, aku tidak tahu
Maltese: ma nafx
Manx: cha nel fys aym
Maori: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: би мэдэхгүй (bi medehgüj)
Navajo: doo shił bééhózin da
Ngazidja Comorian: ntsudjua
Nootka: hayimḥimaḥ
Northern Sami: in dieđẹ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jeg vet ikke

Nynorsk: eg veit ikkje
Occitan: sabi pas
Ojibwe: endogwen, dibi, gaawiin ningikendanzii
Old English: iċ nāt
Persian: من نمی‌دانم‎ (man nemi-dânam), نمی‌دانم‎ (nemi-dânam), (colloquial) نمی‌دونم‎ (nemi-dunam)
Pitcairn-Norfolk: i car foot.
Polish: nie wiem
Portuguese: (eu) não sei/conheço, sei lá (pt) (informal)
Romanian: nu știu
Russian: не зна́ю (ne znáju), я не зна́ю (ja ne znáju)
Scots: A dinnae ken
Scottish Gaelic: chan eil fios agam, chan eil fhios agam, chan aithne dhomh
Serbo-Croatian: ne znam, nemam (blagog) pojma, ne bih znao
Shor: пилбеенчам (pilbeençam)
Slovak: neviem
Slovene: ne znam
Spanish: no sé, no lo sé
Swahili: sijui
Swedish: jag vet inte
Tagalog: hindi ko alam, aywan ko, ewan ko
Tajik: намедонам (namedonam)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Tatar: belmim
Tausug: di' ku kaingatan
Telugu: నాకు తెలియదు (nāku teliyadu)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: bilmiyorum (something), tanımıyorum (someone)
Ukrainian: я не зна́ю (ja ne znáju)
Urdu: مجھ کو معلوم نہیں ہے‎ (mujh ko ma'lūm nahī̃ hai)
Uzbek: bilmayman (uz)
Vietnamese: tôi không biết (polite), mình không biết (informal), pronoun (depending on who is speaking with whom) + không biết (general form)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Waray-Waray: diri ako maaram
Welsh: wn i ddim (something), 'dw i ddim yn nabod (someone)
Yakut: билбэппин (bilbeppin)
Yup'ik: naamelliin, nalluaqa
Zulu: angazi

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