I know

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
• (assertion of having solution): eureka

Antonyms

• I don't know

Translations

response indicating agreement with prior statement before it was made

Arabic: أَنَا أَعْرِفُ‎ (ʾanā ʾaʿrifu) Armenian: ես գիտեմ (es gitem) Assamese: মই জানোঁ (moi zanü̃) Belarusian: я ве́даю (ja vjédaju), ве́даю (vjédaju) Bengali: আমি জানি (ami jani) Bulgarian: знам (bg) (znam), аз знам (az znam) Chichewa: ndimadziwa Chinese: Mandarin: 我知道 (wǒ zhīdào) Crimean Tatar: bilem Czech: vím (cs) Dhivehi: މަށަށް އެނގެނީ‎ (mashash 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 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 Navajo: shił bééhózin Ojibwe: ningikendam Persian: من می‌دانم‎ (man mi-dânam), می‌دانم‎ (mi-dânam), (colloquial) می‌دونم‎ (mi-dunam) Polish: wiem (pl) Portuguese: eu sei Romanian: știu Russian: я зна́ю (ja znáju), зна́ю (znáju) Serbo-Croatian: знам, znam Sicilian: lu sacciu Slovak: viem Slovene: vem, jaz vem Spanish: lo sé Swedish: jag vet Telugu: నాకు తెలుసు (nāku telusu) Ukrainian: я зна́ю (ja znáju), зна́ю (znáju) Yiddish: איך ווייס‎ (ikh veys)

assertion that speaker has answer or idea

Finnish: minä tiedän Galician: sei Hungarian: megvan, tudom már

Korean: 내가 안다 (naega anda) Portuguese: já sei Telugu: నాకు తెలుసు (nāku telusu)