How do you say "I dont know" in Japanese? (If you could write it in romaji that would be extremely helpful!!) Basically, my friend was adamant that "nan desuka" meant "I don't know" But I said to him

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How do you say "I dont know" in Japanese? (If you could write it in romaji that would be extremely helpful!!) Basically, my friend was adamant that "nan desuka" meant "I don't know" But I said to him that it means "what?" Because that's what I've learned ("nan desuka" or "Nani") So my question is, how DO you say "I don't know" ??

29 Mar 2015 22:15

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shiranai (shirimasen) and wakaranai (wakarimasen) both can mean "I don't know" but there's differences shiranai is closer to 'I'm not familiar with something' or 'I'm not aware of something' wakaranai is closer to 'i don't understand / I don't know right now' so if someone asks you if you're going to go to a party, you might use wakaranai because you don't know at the moment but you know about the party. and if someone were to ask you if you knew your friend had a baby, you might use shiranai in that case in any case, its not nan desuka

30 Mart 2015

Shirimasen = negative form of "shiru", to know.

29 Mart 2015

shiranai=I don't know. wakaranai=I don't understand.

30 Mart 2015

知らないです(shiranai desu) is a simple way of saying you dont know

30 Mart 2015

Shirimasen or wakarimasen. I think in certain contexts nan desu ka could be loosely translated into I don't know. Just like in English "what's that?" Means I don't know it. But I think you're right and he's wrong.

30 Mart 2015

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