How to say that you don't know in many languages.
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| Language | I don't know |
|---|---|
| Adyghe | СшІэрэп |
| Afrikaans | Ek weet nie |
| Albanian (Gheg) | Nuk e di |
| Albanian (Tosk) | Unë nuk e di |
| Aklan | Owa ako kasayod |
| Alsatian | Ich weiss nitt |
| Altay | Мен билбезим (Men bilbezim) |
| Amharic | አላውቅም (alawqəm) |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(ma'arafsh) معرفش |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(la a‘lamu) لاأعلم |
| Arabic (Lebanese) |
ma ba3rf |
| Aragonese | No sé |
| Aramaic | Ono lokoda'no |
| Arapaho | Neihoowóé'in |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Ես չգիտեմ (Es chgitem) |
| Assamese | মই নাজানো (môi najanu) |
| Asturian | Nun sé Nun lo sé |
| Atikamekw | Nama ni kiskerimaw |
| Azerbaijani | Bilmirəm |
| Balinese | Tiang ten nawang |
| Bambara | N t'a don |
| Bashkir | мин белмәйем (min byelmäyyem) |
| Basque | Ez dakit |
| Bavarian | I voass ned |
| Belarusian | Я не ведаю (Ja nie viedaju) |
| Bemba | Nshishibe |
| Bengali | জানিনা (Janina) আমি জানিনা (Ami janina) |
| Bhojpuri | हमके नइखे मालूम (humke naikhe maaloom) |
| Bikol | Inda Dai ko aram |
| Bislama | Mi no save |
| Blaan | La fulong agu |
| Bulgarian | Аз не знам (Az ne znam) Не знам (Ne znam) Аз не зная (Az ne znaja) Не зная (Ne znaja) |
| Burmese | မသိပါဘူး။ (ma thi par bhuu) |
| Catalan | No sé |
| Chechen | Суна ца хаа (Suna ca xaa) |
| Cherokee | ᎨᏍᏗ ᏱᏥᎦᏔ (Gesdi yitsigata) Ꮭ ᏱᏥᎦᏔ (Tla yitsigata) |
| Chichewa | Sindidziwa |
| 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) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
吾伐晓得 (ngú ba shede) |
| Chinese (Teochew) |
我无知 (ua2 mzai1) |
| Chipewyan | K’óshįle á |
| Chuvash | Епӗп ӗлместӗп (Epĕp ĕlmestĕp) |
| Cornish | Ny wonn |
| Corsican | Ùn a sò |
| Cree | ᑖᐹ ᓂᒋᔅᒑᔨᒫᐅ (tâpâ nichischâyimâu) ᑖᓂᓯ ᐁᑎᑫᐧ (tânisi êtikwê) ᓇᒨᔭ ᓂᑭᔅᑫᔩᒫᐤ (namôya nikiskêyimâw) |
| Croatian | Ne znam |
| Cuyonon | Ilam |
| Czech | Nevím Já nevím |
| Danish | Jeg ved ikke |
| Dari | (Man nami dânam) من نمی دانم |
| Dholuo | Ok ang'eyo |
| Dutch | Ik weet het niet |
| Efik | Ndiọnọke |
| Elfdalian | Ig wet it |
| Estonian | Ma ei tea |
| Ewe | Nye me nya o |
| Extremaduran | No sé |
| Faroese | Eg veit ikki |
| Fijian | Au sega ni kila |
| Finnish | En tiedä |
| French | Je ne sais pas Je sais pas |
| Frisian (West) | Ik wit it net |
| Friulian | No sai |
| Galician | Eu non sei |
| Gascon | N'at sèi pas Ne sèi pas ... |
| Georgian | არ ვიცი (ar vitsi) |
| German | Ich weiß nicht |
| Greek (Modern) | Δεν ξέρω (Den xéro̱) |
| Guaraní | Ndaikuaái |
| Guernésiais | J’saïs pas |
| Haitian Creole | Mwen pa konnen |
| Hawaiian | ʻAʻole au maopopo |
| Hausa | Ban sani ba |
| Hebrew | m - (ani lo yodéʿa) אני לא יודע f - (ani lo yodáʿat) אני לא יודעת |
| Hiligaynon | Am-bot? |
| Hindi | मुझे नहीं पता (mujhē nahīṁ patā) |
| Hungarian | Nem tudom |
| Iban | Aku enda nemu |
| Icelandic | Ég veit ekki |
| Igbo | Amaghị m Amarọ m |
| Indonesian | Saya tidak tahu |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Níl a fhios agam Níl fhios agam |
| Italian | Non lo so |
| Jamaican | Mi nuh nuo |
| Japanese | 知りません (shirimasen) - frm わかりません (wakarimasen) - frm わからない (wakaranai) - inf |
| Kabyle | Ur zriγ ara |
| Kalmyk | Би медхшв (Bi medxšv) Би медҗәхшв (Bi medjäxšv) |
| Karuk | Manâa Man'áta |
| Kashmiri | Me chhu ne pai |
| Kashubian | Nje wiém |
| Khoekhoe (Nama) | ǀU ta a. |
| Kinyarwanda | Simbizi |
| Kiribati | I aki ataia |
| Korean | 나도 몰라 (nado molla) |
| Kumyk | Билмеймен (Bilmeymen) |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | (Mn nazanm) من نازانم |
| Kyrgyz | Билбейм (Bilbeym) |
| Ladino | (Yo no se) יו נו סי |
| Lao | ຂ້ອຍບໍ່ຮູ້ (khoi bor hu) |
| Latin | Non intellegio Non scio |
| Latvian | Es nezinu |
| Laz | მა ვარ ჩქონი (Ma var çkoni) |
| Limburgish | Ich weit ut neet |
| Lingala | Na yebi té |
| Lithuanian | Aš nežinau |
| Luganda | Simanye |
| Macedonian | Не знам (Ne znam) |
| Magahi | पता नयँ /pət̪aː nəẽ/ |
| Maldivian | inf - (Mashakah neyngey) މަށަކަހ ނޭނގޭ frm - (Ahannakah neyngey) އަހަނނަކަހ ނޭނގޭ |
| Malagasy | Tsy haiko Tsy fantatro |
| Malay | Saya tidak tahu Tak tau (inf) |
| Maltese | Ma nafx |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Cha nel fys aym Cha 's aym |
| Marshallese | Ijab jeļā Ijeje In̄ak |
| Mossi | Mam ka mi yé |
| Muscogee (Creek / Seminole) | Kerraks |
| Nahuatl | Ahmo nicmati |
| Navajo | Doo shił bééhózin da |
| Nepali | मलाई थाहा छैन (malāī thāhā chaina) |
| Nkore | Tinkumanya |
| Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) | Angazi |
| Ngoni | Nimanyilepa |
| Niuean | Nākai iloa e au |
| Northern Sámi | In dieđe |
| Northern Sotho | Ha ke tsebe |
| Norwegian | Jeg vet ikke |
| Ojibwe | Gaawiin ningikendanziin; Amanji sa |
| Oriya | ମୁଁ ଜାଣି ନାହ (Mũ jāṇi nāhĩ) |
| Oshiwambo | Nghi shi shi Kandi shi shi |
| Papiamento | Ami no sa |
| Pawnee | Kâkatirâ’îta |
| Persian (Farsi) | (man nemidânam) من نمی دانم |
| Picard | Éj n'sais mie Ché po |
| Pohnpeian | I sehse |
| Polish | Nie wiem |
| Portuguese | Não sei |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Eu não sei |
| Rapa Nui | Kai 'ite 'ana au |
| Romani | Na džanav |
| Romanian | Nu știu |
| Russian | Я не знаю (Ya ne znayu) |
| Rusyn | Не знаю (Ne znaju) Я не знаю (Ja ne znaju) |
| Samoan | Ou te leiloa |
| Samogitian | Nežėnau Nažėnau |
| Sanskrit | न जानामि (na jānāmi) |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) | Non isco Non d'isco |
| Sauk | Âkwi kehkênetamânini |
| Scots | A dinnae ken |
| Scottish Gaelic | Chan eil fios agam |
| Serbian | Не знам (Ne znam) |
| Serrano | Qayn 'enan |
| Sesotho | Ha ke tsebe |
| Shawnee | Ko qa |
| Sicilian | Nun lu sacciu [nun lu sat͡tʃu] |
| Sindhi | مونکي خبر ناهي |
| Slovak | Neviem |
| Slovenian | Ne vem |
| Somali | Ma aqaan |
| Spanish | No sé No lo sé |
| Sundanese | Abdi teu terang Teu terang |
| Swahili | Sijui |
| Swazi | Angati |
| Swedish | Jag vet inte Jag har ingen aning Inte en susning (inf) |
| Tagalog | Hindi ko alam |
| Tajik | Ман намедонам (Man namedonam) |
| Tatar | Belmim şul |
| Thai | ฉันไม่รู้ (chăn mâi róo) |
| Tigrinya | ኣይፈለጥኩን (Ayfeletikun) |
| Tokelauan | E hē kō iloa |
| Tok Pisin | Mi no save |
| Tsez | Дāьр рийхāну (Dǟr riyxānu) |
| Tsonga | A ndzi tivi |
| Tswana | Ga ke itse sepe |
| Turkish | Bilmiyorum |
| Tuvaluan | E sē iloa nē au |
| Twi | Mennim |
| Ukrainian | Я не знаю (Ya ne znayu) |
| Ulch | Сарасимбэ |
| Urdu | (mujhe nahi malum) مجھے نہیں پتہ |
| Uyghur | (Män uqmaymän) مەن ئۇقمايمەن (Män bilmäymän) مەن بىلمەيمەن |
| Uzbek | Bilmayman |
| Venda | A thi divhi |
| Venetian | No sò |
| Veps | Minä en teda |
| Vietnamese | Tôi không biết |
| Võro | Ma ei tiiäq |
| Walloon | Dji n' sai nén |
| Wayuu | Nnojotsü kasain tatüjain saa'u (m) Nnojoishi tatüjain (m) Nnojotsü tatüjain (f) |
| Welsh | Dw i ddim yn gwybod Dwi'm yn gwbod Wn i ddim (SW) Sa i'n gwybod (SW) |
| West Kayah (Red Karen) | ꤠꤢ꤭ ꤞꤢꤧꤑꤢꤩ꤭ ꤒꤥ꤬ [va³ θɛɲe³ to¹] |
| Westrobothnian | Ja vejtint |
| Wolof | Xamu mako |
| Wymsorys | Yh wȧ ny |
| Xhosa | Andazi |
| Yapese | Daagnaanga |
| Yiddish | (Ikh veys nisht) איך ווייס נישט |
| Yolngu | Ŋarra bambuma |
| Yoruba | N ko mo |
| Yucatec Maya | Má in woojel |
| Zulu | Angazi |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Lojban | mi na djuno |
| Esperanto | Mi ne scias |
| Folkspraak | Ik kene nit |
| Ido | Me ne savas |
| Interlingua | Io non sape |
| Klingon | jISovbe' |
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