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Pronunciation
Phrase
I know
- A response used to indicate that speaker was in agreement with the preceding statement before it was made.
- Synonyms: you're telling me; I know it; I know that's right; I know, right
- Antonym: I don't know
- An emphatic assertion that one has a solution, an answer, or an idea.
- Near-synonym: eureka
- What are we going to do with this leaky hosepipe?
- I know: let's use it as a garden sprinkler!
Translations
response indicating agreement with prior statement before it was made
- Aghwan: 𐔰𐔰𐔵𐔰 (aaza)
- Arabic: أَنَا أَعْرِفُ (ʔanā ʔaʕrifu)
- Armenian: ես գիտեմ (es gitem)
- Assamese: মই জানোঁ (moi zanü̃)
- Belarusian: я ве́даю (ja vjédaju), ве́даю (vjédaju)
- Bengali: আমি জানি (bn) (ami jani)
- Bulgarian: знам (bg) (znam), аз знам (az znam)
- Chichewa: ndimadziwa
- Chinese:
- Hokkien: 我知 (góa chai), 我知影 (góa chai-iáⁿ)
- Mandarin: 我知道 (wǒ zhīdào)
- Crimean Tatar: bilem
- Czech: vím (cs)
- Dhivehi: މަށަށް އެނގެނީ (maṣaṣ̊ eⁿgenī)
- Faroese: eg veit
- Finnish: tiedän
- French: je sais, je le sais, je sais bien
- Galician: eu sei
- German: ich weiß
- Greek: ξέρω (el) (xéro)
- Hebrew: אני יודע (ani yodea), אני יודעת (ani yodaat)
- Hungarian: tudom (hu)
- Italian: lo so
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Kannada: ನನಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತು (nanage gottu)
- Korean: 나도 안다 (nado anda)
- Latvian: zinu, es zinu
- Lithuanian: žinau (lt), aš žinau
- Macedonian: знам (znam), јас знам (jas znam)
- Malay: saya tahu, aku tahu, kutahu
- Marathi: मला माहीत आहे (malā māhīt āhe), माहीत आहे (māhīt āhe)
- Navajo: shił bééhózin
- Ojibwe: ningikendam
- Persian: من میدانم (man mi-dânam), میدانم (mi-dânam), (colloquial) میدونم (mi-dunam)
- Polish: wiem (pl), znam
- Portuguese: eu sei
- Romanian: știu
- Russian: я зна́ю (ja znáju), зна́ю (ru) (znáju)
- Serbo-Croatian: знам, znam
- Sicilian: lu sacciu
- Slovak: viem
- Slovene: vem, jaz vem
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: ja wěm
- Upper Sorbian: ja wěm
- Spanish: lo sé
- Swedish: jag vet
- Tagalog: alam ko
- Telugu: నాకు తెలుసు (nāku telusu)
- Turkish: biliyorum (tr)
- Ukrainian: я зна́ю (ja znáju), зна́ю (uk) (znáju)
- Yiddish: איך ווייס (ikh veys)
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assertion that speaker has answer or idea
- Chinese:
- Hokkien: 我知囉 / 我知啰 (góa chai--lo͘ / góa chai--lo͘h), 我知影囉 / 我知影啰 (góa chai-iáⁿ--lo͘ / góa chai-iáⁿ--lo͘h)
- Mandarin: 我知道了 (wǒ zhīdào le)
- Finnish: minä tiedän
- Galician: sei (gl)
- Hungarian: megvan (hu), tudom már
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 내가 안다 (naega anda)
- Portuguese: já sei
- Spanish: ya sé
- Swedish: jag vet
- Tagalog: alam ko na
- Telugu: నాకు తెలుసు (nāku telusu)
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