I know

English

English phrasebook

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Phrase

I know

1. A response used to indicate that speaker was in agreement with the preceding statement before it was made.
2. An emphatic assertion that one has a solution, an answer, or an idea.

   - What are we going to do with this leaky hosepipe?
   - I know: let's use it as a garden sprinkler!

Synonyms

• (response): you're telling me, I know it
• (assertion of having solution): eureka

Antonyms

• I don't know

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)

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)