Do not know in Japanese 🇯🇵

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do not know	しらない

How to say “do not know” in Japanese? “しらない”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “しらない” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on do not know in Japanese like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to remember the Japanese word 'しらない':
– Visual association: Imagine a person shrugging their shoulders while saying "Shira nai?" which sounds like "Sure I don't know?" in casual English.
– Sound association: 'Shira' (しら) can be associated with 'shirr', as in the sound when you're not sure, and 'nai' (ない) means not or none.

Explanations:
– 'しらない' (知らない) is the negative form of '知る' (しる), which means 'to know.'
– It translates to "do not know" or "don't know."

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 不明 (ふめい, fumei) – unknown or unclear
– 未知 (みち, michi) – unknown
– 無知 (むち, muchi) – ignorance

Different conjugations of 知る (しる, shiru):
– Present/Future Informal: 知る (しる, shiru) – I know/I will know
– Present/Future Formal: 知ります (しります, shirimasu) – I know/I will know
– Negative Informal: 知らない (しらない, shiranai) – I do not know
– Negative Formal: 知りません (しりません, shirimasen) – I do not know
– Past Informal: 知った (しった, ta) – I knew
– Past Formal: 知りました (しりました, shirimaa) – I knew
– Past Negative Informal: 知らなかった (しらなかった, shiranakatta) – I did not know
– Past Negative Formal: 知りませんでした (しりませんでした, shirimasendea) – I did not know

Examples of sentences that use 'しらない' (知らない):
– 彼の名前を知らない。 (かれのなまえをしらない, Kare no namae wo shiranai.) – I do not know his name.
– これは何か知らない。 (これはなにかしらない, Kore wa nani ka shiranai.) – I do not know what this is.
– 明日の予定を知らない。 (あしたのよていをしらない, Aa no yotei wo shiranai.) – I do not know the plans for tomorrow.

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