I don't understand

English

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Phrase

I don’t understand

1. Indicates that the speaker is not understanding the current subject or situation.

Translations

I don't understand

• Afrikaans: ek verstaan nie
• Albanian: unë nuk kuptoj, nuk kuptoj, s'kuptoj
• Amharic: አልገባኝም (ʾälgäbañm)
• Arabic: لَا أَفْهَم (lā ʔafham)

  Egyptian Arabic: مش فاهم m (miš fāhim), مش فاهمة f (miš fahma)

  Moroccan Arabic: ما فهمتش (ma fhamtš(i))

  South Levantine Arabic: مش فاهم (miš fāhim)

• Armenian: չեմ հասկանում (čʻem haskanum)
• Asturian: nun entiendo
• Aymara: janiwa entindkti
• Azerbaijani: mən başa düşmürəm
• Basque: ez dut ulertzen
• Belarusian: я не разуме́ю (ja nje razumjéju)
• Bengali: আমি বুঝি না (bn) (ami bujhi na), বুঝি না (bn) (bujhi na)
• Bulgarian: не разби́рам (ne razbíram)
• Burmese: နားမလည်ပါဘူး။ (na:ma.lanypabhu:||)
• Catalan: no ho entenc, no capissono
• Cebuano: wala ko kasabot
• Chechen: со ца кхета (so ca qeta)
• Cherokee: Ꮭ ᏱᎪᎵᎦ (tla yigoliga)
• Chichewa: sindimvetsa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 我唔明白 (ngo⁵ m⁴ ming⁴ baak⁶)

  Hokkien: 我聽無 / 我听无 (góa thiaⁿ-bô), 我𣍐曉聽 / 我𫧃晓听 (góa bōe-hiáu thiaⁿ / góa bǒe-hiáu thiaⁿ / góa bē-hiáu thiaⁿ), 我無明白 / 我无明白 (góa bô bêng-pe̍k / góa bô bêng-pia̍k)

  Mandarin: 我不明白 (wǒ bù míngbai), 我不懂 (wǒ bù dǒng)

  Wu: 我勿懂 (⁶ngu ⁸veq ⁵ton), 阿拉勿懂 (⁷aq-laq ⁸veq ⁵ton)

• Choctaw: ak akostiníncho
• Czech: nerozumím
• Danish: jeg forstår ikke
• Dutch: ik begrijp het niet, ik snap het niet
• Esperanto: mi ne komprenas (eo)
• Estonian: ma ei saa aru
• Faroese: eg skilji ikki
• Finnish: en ymmärrä, en tajua
• French: je ne comprends pas
• Galician: eu non entendo
• Georgian: ვერ გავიგე (ver gavige)
• German: ich verstehe nicht
• Greek: δεν καταλαβαίνω (den katalavaíno)
• Greenlandic: paasinngilara
• Gujarati: સમજણ પટતી નથી (samjaṇ paṭtī nathī)
• Hawaiian: ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu
• Hebrew: אני לא מבין (aní lo mevín) (male), אני לא מבינה (aní lo meviná) (female)
• Hindi: (male speaker) मैं नहीं समझता हूँ (ma͠i nahī̃ samajhtā hū̃), (female speaker) मैं नहीं समझती हूँ (ma͠i nahī̃ samajhtī hū̃)
• Hungarian: nem értem (hu)
• Icelandic: ég skil ekki, ég botna ekki í þessu, ég átta mig ekki á þessu, ég er ekki með á nótunum
• Ido: me ne komprenas
• Indonesian: saya tidak mengerti
• Ingrian: miä en arvaa
• Ingush: со кхетац (so qetac)
• Irish: ní thuigim
• Italian: non capisco
• Japanese: 分かりません (わかりません, wakarimasen), 分からない (わからない, wakaranai)
• Jingpho: ngai n chye na ai
• Kannada: ತಿಳೀ’ಲಿಲ್ಲ (tiḷī’lilla), ನನಗ್ ಅರ್ಥ ಆಗ್’ಲಿಲ್ಲ (nanag artha āg’lilla)
• Kazakh: мен түсінбеймін (men tüsınbeimın), түсінбеймін (tüsınbeimın)
• Khmer: ខ្ញុំមិនយល់ទេ (khñom mɨn yŭəl tei)
• Korean: 이해가 안 가요 (ihae-ga an gayo), 이해 못해요 (ihae mot-haeyo), 이해가 못 알아들었어요 (ihae-ga mot aradeureosseoyo)
• Kumyk: англамайман (añlamayman)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: تێناگەم (tênagem)

  Northern Kurdish: ez fêm nakim

• Kyrgyz: мен түшүнбөдүм (men tüşünbödüm), түшүнбөдүм (tüşünbödüm)
• Lao: ບໍ່ເຂົ້າໃຈ (bǭ khao chai)
• Latin: nūllō intellegō, nōn intellegō, nescio (la)
• Latvian: nesaprotu, es nesaprotu
• Limburgish: ich verstaon 't neet
• Lithuanian: nesuprantu, aš nesuprantu
• Lower Sorbian: ja njerozmějom
• Luxembourgish: ech verstinn net
• Macedonian: не разбирам (ne razbiram)
• Malay: saya tidak faham
• Malayalam: എനിക്ക് മനസ്സിലായില്ല (enikkŭ manassilāyilla)
• Maltese: ma nifhimx
• Marathi: मला समझले नाही (malā samajhle nāhī)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: би ойлгохгүй байна (bi ojlgoxgüj bajna)

• Navajo: doo bikʼiʼdiishtįįh da
• Nepali: मैले बुझिन (maile bujhina)
• Northern Sami: mun in ádde, mun in ipmir
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jeg forstår ikke

  Nynorsk: eg forstår ikkje

• Ojibwe: gaawiin ninisidotanzii
• Old English: iċ ne understande
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: نِمی‌فَهْمَم (nemi-fahmam), مُتِوَجِّه نِمی‌شَوَم (motevajje nemi-šavam), مُتِوَجِّه نیسْتَم (motevajje nistam)

• Polish: nie rozumiem
• Portuguese: eu não entendo, não entendo
• Quechua: mana japikkana
• Romanian: nu înțeleg
• Romansch: jau na chapesch betg
• Russian: не понима́ю (ne ponimáju), я не понима́ю (ja ne ponimáju)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: не разумем, не разумјем

  Roman: ne razumem, ne razumjem

• Sinhalese: මට ඔබව තේරැමි ගන්න බැනැ (maṭa obawa tēræmi ganna bænæ)
• Slovak: nerozumiem
• Slovene: ne razumem, jaz ne razumem
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: njerozumju

• Spanish: no entiendo, no comprendo
• Swahili: sielewi
• Swedish: jag förstår inte
• Tagalog: hindi ko maintindihan
• Tajik: ман намефаҳмам (man namefahmam), намефаҳмам (namefahmam)
• Tamil: புரியவில்லை (puriyavillai)
• Tatar: аңламыйм (añlamıym)
• Telugu: నాకు అర్ధం కాలేదు (nāku ardhaṁ kālēdu)
• Thai: ผมไม่เข้าใจ (pǒm mâi kâo-jai) (male speaker), ดิฉันไม่เข้าใจ (dì-chǎn mâi kâo-jai) (female speaker)
• Turkish: anlamıyorum, anlamadım
• Turkmen: men düšünemok, düšünemok
• Ukrainian: я не розумі́ю (ja ne rozumíju)
• Urdu: مَیں نَہِیں سَمَجْھتا ہُوں (ma͠i nahī̃ samajhtā hū̃) (male speaker), مَیں نَہِیں سَمَجْھتِی ہُوں (ma͠i nahī̃ samajhtī hū̃) (female speaker)
• Uzbek: men tushunmayapman, tushunmayapman
• Vietnamese: tôi không hiểu
• Volapük: no suemob
• Welsh: dwi ddim yn deall
• Yiddish: איך פֿאַרשטיי ניט (ikh farshtey nit), איך פֿאַרשטיי נישט (ikh farshtey nisht)
• Yup'ik: taringenritua
• Zulu: angiqondi