Do not know (polite) in Japanese 🇯🇵

しりません info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– “しりません” (shirimasen) comes from the verb “知る” (しる, shiru), which means “to know.” Think of “shiru” as “to know,” and “-masen” as a polite negative form, creating “I don’t know.”

Explanations:
– しりません (shirimasen) is the polite negative form of the verb 知る (しる, shiru). It is used to politely say you don’t know something.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 知らない (しらない, shiranai) – This is a more casual way of saying "I don’t know."

Different conjugations:
– Present: しりません (shirimasen) – I do not know
– Past: しりませんでした (shirimasen dea) – I did not know
– Future: The future tense in Japanese is often the same as the present tense, so it would still be しりません (shirimasen).

Examples of sentences that use it:
– その事はしりません。 (Sono koto wa shirimasen.) – I don’t know about that.
– この問題についてはしりません。 (Kono mondai ni tsuite wa shirimasen.) – I don’t know about this issue.
– 彼がどこにいるかしりません。 (Kare ga doko ni iru ka shirimasen.) – I don’t know where he is.
– あなたの質問の答えはしりません。 (Anata no sumon no kotae wa shirimasen.) – I don’t know the answer to your question.

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