Phrase guide

I don't understand

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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phrase

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

158 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: ek verstaan nie — I don't understand
  • Albanian: unë nuk kuptoj — I don't understand
  • Albanian: nuk kuptoj — I don't understand
  • Albanian: s'kuptoj — I don't understand
  • Amharic: አልገባኝም (ʾälgäbañm) — I don't understand
  • Arabic: لَا أَفْهَم (lā ʔafham) — I don't understand
  • Arabic: مش فاهم (miš fāhim) — I don't understand
  • Arabic: مش فاهمة (miš fahma) — I don't understand
  • Arabic: ما فهمتش — I don't understand
  • Arabic: مش فاهم (miš fāhim) — I don't understand
  • Armenian: չեմ հասկանում (čʻem haskanum) — I don't understand
  • Asturian: nun entiendo — I don't understand
  • Aymara: janiwa entindkti — I don't understand
  • Azerbaijani: mən başa düşmürəm — I don't understand
  • Basque: ez dut ulertzen — I don't understand
  • Belarusian: я не разуме́ю (ja nje razumjéju) — I don't understand
  • Bengali: আমি বুঝি না (ami bujhi na) — I don't understand
  • Bengali: বুঝি না (bujhi na) — I don't understand
  • Bulgarian: не разби́рам (ne razbíram) — I don't understand
  • Burmese: နားမလည်ပါဘူး။ — I don't understand
  • Catalan: no ho entenc — I don't understand
  • Catalan: no capissono — I don't understand
  • Cebuano: wala ko kasabot — I don't understand
  • Chechen: со ца кхета (so ca qeta) — I don't understand
  • Cherokee: Ꮭ ᏱᎪᎵᎦ (tla yigoliga) — I don't understand
  • Chichewa: sindimvetsa — I don't understand
  • Chinese Cantonese: 我唔明白 (ngo5 m4 ming4 baak6) — I don't understand
  • Chinese: 我聽無 /我听无 (góa thian-bô) — I don't understand
  • Chinese: 我𣍐曉聽 /我𫧃晓听 (góa bōe-hiáu thian / góa bǒe-hiáu thian / góa bē-hiáu thian) — I don't understand
  • Chinese: 我無明白 /我无明白 (góa bô bêng-pe̍k / góa bô bêng-pia̍k) — I don't understand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 我不明白 (wǒ bù míngbai) — I don't understand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 我不懂 (wǒ bù dǒng) — I don't understand
  • Wu Chinese: 我勿懂 (6ngu 8veq 5ton) — I don't understand
  • Wu Chinese: 阿拉勿懂 (7aq-laq 8veq 5ton) — I don't understand
  • Choctaw: ak akostiníncho — I don't understand
  • Czech: nerozumím — I don't understand
  • Danish: jeg forstår ikke — I don't understand
  • Dutch: ik begrijp het niet — I don't understand
  • Dutch: ik snap het niet — I don't understand
  • Esperanto: mi ne komprenas — I don't understand
  • Estonian: ma ei saa aru — I don't understand
  • Faroese: eg skilji ikki — I don't understand
  • Finnish: en ymmärrä — I don't understand
  • Finnish: en tajua — I don't understand
  • French: je ne comprends pas — I don't understand
  • Galician: eu non entendo — I don't understand
  • Georgian: ვერ გავიგე (ver gavige) — I don't understand
  • German: ich verstehe nicht — I don't understand
  • Greek: δεν καταλαβαίνω (den katalavaíno) — I don't understand
  • Greenlandic: paasinngilara — I don't understand
  • Gujarati: સમજણ પટતી નથી (samjaṇ paṭtī nathī) — I don't understand
  • Hawaiian: ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu — I don't understand
  • Hebrew: אני לא מבין (aní lo mevín) — I don't understand
  • Hebrew: אני לא מבינה (aní lo meviná) — I don't understand
  • Hindi: मैं नहीं समझता हूँ (ma͠i nahī̃ samajhtā hū̃) — I don't understand
  • Hindi: मैं नहीं समझती हूँ (ma͠i nahī̃ samajhtī hū̃) — I don't understand
  • Hungarian: nem értem — I don't understand
  • Icelandic: ég skil ekki — I don't understand
  • Icelandic: ég botna ekki í þessu — I don't understand
  • Icelandic: ég átta mig ekki á þessu — I don't understand
  • Icelandic: ég er ekki með á nótunum — I don't understand
  • Ido: me ne komprenas — I don't understand
  • Indonesian: saya tidak mengerti — I don't understand
  • Indonesian: saya tidak paham — I don't understand
  • Ingrian: miä en arvaa — I don't understand
  • Ingush: со кхетац (so qetac) — I don't understand
  • Irish: ní thuigim — I don't understand
  • Italian: non capisco — I don't understand
  • Japanese: 分かりません (wakarimasen) — I don't understand
  • Japanese: 分からない (wakaranai) — I don't understand
  • Jingpho: ngai n chye na ai — I don't understand
  • Kannada: ತಿಳೀ’ಲಿಲ್ಲ (tiḷī’lilla) — I don't understand
  • Kannada: ನನಗ್ ಅರ್ಥ ಆಗ್’ಲಿಲ್ಲ (nanag artha āg’lilla) — I don't understand
  • Kazakh: мен түсінбеймін (men tüsınbeimın) — I don't understand
  • Kazakh: түсінбеймін (tüsınbeimın) — I don't understand
  • Khmer: ខ្ញុំមិនយល់ទេ (khñom mɨn yŭəl tei) — I don't understand
  • Korean: 이해가 안 가요 (ihae-ga an gayo) — I don't understand
  • Korean: 이해 못해요 (ihae mot-haeyo) — I don't understand
  • Korean: 이해가 못 알아들었어요 (ihae-ga mot aradeureosseoyo) — I don't understand
  • Kumyk: англамайман (añlamayman) — I don't understand
  • Central Kurdish: تێناگەم (tênagem) — I don't understand
  • Northern Kurdish: ez fêm nakim — I don't understand
  • Kyrgyz: мен түшүнбөдүм (men tüşünbödüm) — I don't understand
  • Kyrgyz: түшүнбөдүм (tüşünbödüm) — I don't understand
  • Lakota: owákaȟniǧe šni — I don't understand
  • Lao: ບໍ່ເຂົ້າໃຈ (bǭ khao chai) — I don't understand
  • Latin: nūllō intellegō — I don't understand
  • Latin: nōn intellegō — I don't understand
  • Latin: nescio — I don't understand
  • Latvian: nesaprotu — I don't understand
  • Latvian: es nesaprotu — I don't understand
  • Limburgish: ich verstaon 't neet — I don't understand
  • Lithuanian: nesuprantu — I don't understand
  • Lithuanian: aš nesuprantu — I don't understand
  • Luxembourgish: ech verstinn net — I don't understand
  • Macedonian: не разбирам (ne razbiram) — I don't understand
  • Malay: saya tidak faham — I don't understand
  • Malayalam: എനിക്ക് മനസ്സിലായില്ല (enikkŭ manassilāyilla) — I don't understand
  • Maltese: ma nifhimx — I don't understand
  • Marathi: मला समझले नाही (malā samajhle nāhī) — I don't understand
  • Mongolian: би ойлгохгүй байна (bi ojlgoxgüj bajna) — I don't understand
  • Navajo: doo bikʼiʼdiishtįįh da — I don't understand
  • Nepali: मैले बुझिन (maile bujhina) — I don't understand
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jeg forstår ikke — I don't understand
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eg forstår ikkje — I don't understand
  • Ojibwe: gaawiin ninisidotanzii — I don't understand
  • Pashto: زه نه پوهېږم (za na pohéǵəm) — I don't understand
  • Iranian Persian: نِمیفَهْمَم (nemi-fahmam) — I don't understand
  • Iranian Persian: مُتِوَجِّه نِمیشَوَم (motevajje nemi-šavam) — I don't understand
  • Iranian Persian: مُتِوَجِّه نیسْتَم (motevajje nistam) — I don't understand
  • Polish: nie rozumiem — I don't understand
  • Portuguese: eu não entendo — I don't understand
  • Portuguese: não entendo — I don't understand
  • Quechua: mana japikkana — I don't understand
  • Romanian: nu înțeleg — I don't understand
  • Romansh: jau na chapesch betg — I don't understand
  • Russian: не понима́ю (ne ponimáju) — I don't understand
  • Russian: я не понима́ю (ja ne ponimáju) — I don't understand
  • Northern Sami: mun in ádde — I don't understand
  • Northern Sami: mun in ipmir — I don't understand
  • Serbo-Croatian: не разумем — I don't understand
  • Serbo-Croatian: не разумјем — I don't understand
  • Serbo-Croatian: ne razumem — I don't understand
  • Serbo-Croatian: ne razumjem — I don't understand
  • Sinhalese: මට ඔබව තේරැමි ගන්න බැනැ (maṭa obawa tēræmi ganna bænæ) — I don't understand
  • Slovak: nerozumiem — I don't understand
  • Slovene: ne razumem — I don't understand
  • Slovene: jaz ne razumem — I don't understand
  • Lower Sorbian: ja njerozmějom — I don't understand
  • Upper Sorbian: njerozumju — I don't understand
  • Spanish: no entiendo — I don't understand
  • Spanish: no comprendo — I don't understand
  • Swahili: sielewi — I don't understand
  • Swedish: jag förstår inte — I don't understand
  • Tagalog: hindi ko maintindihan — I don't understand
  • Tajik: ман намефаҳмам (man namefahmam) — I don't understand
  • Tajik: намефаҳмам (namefahmam) — I don't understand
  • Tamil: புரியவில்லை (puriyavillai) — I don't understand
  • Tatar: аңламыйм (añlamıym) — I don't understand
  • Telugu: నాకు అర్ధం కాలేదు (nāku ardhaṁ kālēdu) — I don't understand
  • Thai: ผมไม่เข้าใจ (pǒm mâi kâo-jai) — I don't understand
  • Thai: ดิฉันไม่เข้าใจ (dì-chǎn mâi kâo-jai) — I don't understand
  • Turkish: anlamıyorum — I don't understand
  • Turkish: anlamadım — I don't understand
  • Turkmen: men düšünemok — I don't understand
  • Turkmen: düšünemok — I don't understand
  • Ukrainian: я не розумі́ю (ja ne rozumíju) — I don't understand
  • Urdu: مَیں نَہِیں سَمَجْھتا ہُوں (ma͠i nahī̃ samajhtā hū̃) — I don't understand
  • Urdu: مَیں نَہِیں سَمَجْھتِی ہُوں (ma͠i nahī̃ samajhtī hū̃) — I don't understand
  • Uzbek: men tushunmayapman — I don't understand
  • Uzbek: tushunmayapman — I don't understand
  • Vietnamese: tôi không hiểu — I don't understand
  • Volapük: no suemob — I don't understand
  • Welsh: dwi ddim yn deall — I don't understand
  • Yiddish: איך פֿאַרשטיי ניט (ikh farshtey nit) — I don't understand
  • Yiddish: איך פֿאַרשטיי נישט (ikh farshtey nisht) — I don't understand
  • Yup'ik: taringenritua — I don't understand
  • Zulu: angiqondi — I don't understand